Wes Anderson Mocks Trump’s Movie Tariffs at Cannes: ‘Can You Hold Up the Movie in Customs? It Doesn’t Ship That Way’

https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/wes-anderson-mocks-trumps-movie-tariffs-cannes-1236403035/

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  1. >“The Phoenician Scheme,” which features a sprawling cast of Anderson regulars, shot in partly Germany. When asked about the tariffs, Anderson initially replied: “I thought you said he was giving us a plug or something. Did Trump see it?”

    >But he then went on to mock the idea: “The tariff is interesting because I’ve never heard of a 100% tariff before. I’m not an expert in that area of economics, but I feel that means he’s saying he’s going to take all the money. And then what do we what do we get? So it’s complicated to me. Can you hold up the movie in customs? It doesn’t ship that way.”

  2. Uh oh. Major investigation into Wes Anderson coming.

  3. Nobody ever mentions the obvious: the next step from movie tarrifs is a Banned Movie List. Can’t show that movie because they haven’t paid the Tarrif. Sound like a first amendment violation? It is.

  4. ….can’t wait for his next film…. & yup…he’s about to get “investigated hard…real hard” -T

  5. A Wes Anderson tax evasion trial would be worth it for the outfits and character witnesses alone.

  6. _”WES ANDERSON IS NO LONGER HOT”_
    Trump later on, probably

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