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haele

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17. Huh? Is he going to start up a State media production studio?

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:38 AM

Sep 29

Well, there goes everything but local Indy films and AI slop.

Go to almost any movie, stay to the end of the credits, and there are all sorts of foreign companies and studio locations that are involved with either the filming itself or post production. Even "Americana" movies, filmed exclusively in the US, have foreign based studio or production companies involved.
Not because Americans won't do the work, but for the same reason China has such a large market share in manufacturing; it's cheaper to offshore the "sweat" work.
Movie and media producers know they won't get the seats in theaters if they have to charge enough to make money back for their investors and pay all the artists and production/crafts folk wages for living and working in the US.

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Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies [View all] edbermac Sep 29 OP

Another poorly thought out idea newdeal2 Sep 29 #1

Fascists hate outside influences. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #2

Tarkovsky did it with sci-fi in the soviet era. ananda Sep 29 #9

They cannot expose the peons to ideas about freedom, equality, democracy. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #10

There is a slight difference, though. ananda Sep 29 #11

I think the idea of freedom is a universal desire. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #12

I think that's because of the way the country is set up. ananda Sep 29 #13

Or American films made elsewhere lame54 Sep 29 #16

No more kung fu movies dalton99a Sep 29 #3

Epstein Tetrachloride Sep 29 #4

Make the stupid stop. Emile Sep 29 #5

photograph is ok Tetrachloride Sep 29 #6

How does he plan to enforce that? Renew Deal Sep 29 #7

Will the Felon ever run out of squirrels? FalloutShelter Sep 29 #8

Can't have a film that takes place in Elizabethan England made here. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 29 #14

Marvel Studios are moving overseas obamanut2012 Sep 29 #15

Huh? Is he going to start up a State media production studio? haele Sep 29 #17

Well, that's the end of the Hallmark Channel Fiendish Thingy Sep 29 #18

How will this work? LetMyPeopleVote Sep 29 #19

Does He Not Understand How the Modern Film Industry Works? Deep State Witch Sep 29 #20

Looks like Mel Gibson's movie will be targeted lol edbermac Sep 29 #21

I watch a lot of shows filmed in the UK and Australia ecstatic Sep 29 #22

Now we have a tyrant who can just impose taxes based on how he feels LS0999 Tuesday #23