The actor described Hollywood producers' pushback against the writers' concerns over artificial intelligence as 'a human obscenity' and praised the director of his Cannes competition entry 'Black Flies' as a 'true visionary.'
Penn then quipped that the Producers Guild of America should be renamed “the bankers guild.”
“The first thing we should do in these conversations is change the Producers Guild and title them how they behave, which is the bankers guild,” he said. “It’s difficult for so many writers and people in the industry who cannot work.” The discussion of Hollywood labor disputes was something of a diversion from the topic at hand during the press conference — namely, French filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s, a darkly immersive portrayal of New York first responders, which received a five-minute standing ovation after its Cannes premiere the night prior. But the topic of supporting workers also gelled with many of the movie’s themes.
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