The American director Jim Jarmusch said he was “disappointed” this Sunday, August 31 to know that the MUBI art and test and distributor transmission platform had accepted an investment of a risk capital fund linked to the Israeli army.
The last Jarmusch movie, Sister mother fatherPresented on Sunday in Venice Mostra, it must be distributed in the main markets by MUBI, a Netflix competitor specialized in independent films.
The group has accepted funds of $ 100 million in Capital Sequoia, a risk capital company in Silicon Valley, which has the Israeli Defense Company Kela in its portfolio, which caused a petition signed by Jarmusch and other artists.
“Any suggestion that our work is linked to war financing is simply false,” said Mubi’s chief Efe Cakarel, in a letter that responds to the controversy.
“My relationship with Mubi started long before that and they were fantastic to work in this movie,” he said before the press. “Of course, I was disappointed and quite baffled by this relationship.”
Visa application in France
The director of Broken flowers However, he estimated that, as an independent filmmaker, he was also forced to accept money from “various sources.” “I consider that practically all business money is dirty money.”
“If each of these film companies and their financing structures begin to analyze, you will discover many sordid things,” he added.
Sister mother fatherWith Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and American singer Tom Waits, it is a film about dysfunctional families divided into three different stories that take place on the east coast of the United States, in Dublin and Paris.
Jim Jarmusch also revealed that he had requested a long -term residence visa in France, which would add it to the list of artists who leave the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump.
“I am taking the steps to get my French artist visa. And I intend to film a new movie in France,” added the 72 -year -old filmmaker.
The Visa of the French artist offers a several years residence permit. Among the renowned exiles of the American entertainment industry are particularly Degeneres, installed in London, and Rosie O’Donnell, which was established in Ireland.
Source: BFM TV
