'The Assistant' — whose original idea came from the Harvey Weinstein scandal — screened just a few blocks away from the Manhattan Criminal Court Building, where Weinstein’s sexual assault trial is currently underway
scandal — premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September, is currently at Sundance, and will head to Berlin’s international fest next month. But on Tuesday night, the film screened just a few blocks away from the Manhattan Criminal Court Building, where Weinstein’sThe Bleecker Street drama showcases a day in the life of Jane , a junior assistant to a powerful film executive.
"What does it mean when you see something and let it happen?" said co-producer Rita Walsh. "The system is so stacked against those at the bottom that they’re forced to do things that I don’t think they would necessarily normally do." Fellow producer James Schamus made a case for Green's specific vision, too. "It’s one thing to stand on a soapbox and count yourself virtuous by denouncing evil-doing. It’s another to acknowledge and start a conversation around the fact that that evil-doing is part of the very structure of the way we do our business and live," Schamus told. "So this film asks you to look at the system, and keeps the evil-doer, in fact, rather off screen.
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