You’ve heard about
Harvey Weinstein’s scandal, haven’t you? Who is he? And what happened to him? Let’s
go discover more about him together!
Harvey Weinstein
Weinstein
is an American film producer and former film executive. He grew up with the passion
for films and in the 70s he founded a small independent film distribution
company with his brother. They named it “Miramax” because of their parents’
name: Miriam and Max. First step for the company was acquiring the rights to
produce two films for the human rights organization “Amnesty
International”. The films had been well
appreciated by critics and in 1993. After “The Crying Game”, Disney offered the
brothers $80 million for Miramax’s ownership. They agreed but after a while
they left the company on September 30, 2005 to found another one: “The
Weinstein Company”. With that one he would become a Hollywood star
and produce most of his films.
If you
like cinema, you probably know or have
seen these masterpieces
Shakespeare
in Love
The film is
about an imaginary love between Shakespeare and a rich young lady, Viola De Lessep, while he was writing “Romeo
and Juliet”. The film won 7 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and 3 BAFTAs.
Gangs of New
York
Directed by
Martin Scorsese, it stars Leonardo di Caprio. It was shot in Cinecittà. It
tells about the rivalry among the gangs which lived in New York during the
American Civil War. The film also got nine Oscar nominations without winning.
My Week with
Marilyn
It is based
on two Colin Clark’s books. It represents the production of the 1957 movie “The
Prince and the Showgirl”. In the cast Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth
Branagh and Emma Watson. It got 2 Oscar nominations and 2 Golden Globe
nominations.
Who
denounced him?
There are
some accuses of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape against him. The
scandal was denounced by the famous American newspaper “The New York Times”,
whose journalists interviewed a dozen women. After that, many other actresses
denounced him for the same reasons. First consequences have been the end of his
marriage and the deprivation of lots of his awards and recognitions. Among the
women who denounced him there are well known actresses and stars, such as Angelina
Jolie, Cara Delavigne, Asia Argento, Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd…
Kevin Spacey
Involved in a similar story, we find another big star, Kevin Spacey. His story
came out from Anthony Rapp who has declared he received sexual advances from Spacey
while the actor was apparently drunk. It’s no coincidence that after this
episode Netflix decided to end the production of “House of Cards” (my favourite
TV series L).House of Cards
House of
Cards is an American TV series produced by Netflix. The protagonist is Frank
Underwood, a Congressman of the Democratic party. After becoming Secretary of
State, he starts getting his revenge together with his wife, Claire Underwood
(Robin Wright). The series received a lot of nominations, including Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden
Globes.
After
Weinstein’s scandal a lot of women started denouncing sexual abuses and every day
there are new names involved, even Italian ones. The whole story is terrible,
isn’t it? Spacey even answered with a post on his social network pages. But, is it enough?
I am very interested in what’s on
your mind about this baffling facts, so leave your comments, please.
Corrado
Well done Corrado. I like your post about a very important theme. The story is terrible. I hope the women all around the world start to denunce sexual abuses.
ReplyDeleteThank you Giovanni I agree with you. That's the reason why I wrote about this.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Corrado, for another great post! Writing about breaking news and present day scandals has been a great choice.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have words to desbrice this horrible fact. It’s a very delicate theme that mustn’t be understimated because,unfortunately, it’s very common nowadays! Great post Corrado👍🏼
ReplyDeleteWell done Corrado. I think this scandal made many women reflect: in Italy some actresses and models denounced a very famous director, Fausto Brizzi.
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