Wes Andersonhas some questions aboutPresident Donald Trump's proposed film tariff. During aCannes Film Festivalpress conferencefor his latest movie "The Phoenician Scheme," the Oscar-winning director reacted to the president'splan to institutea 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the United States. Anderson, who shot "The Phoenician Scheme" in Germany, expressed confusion about how such a tariff would work logistically. "Can you hold up the movie in customs?" he asked. "It doesn't ship that way." While Anderson noted he is not an expert on the subject, he called Trump's announcement "fascinating" and voiced surprise at the idea of a 100% tariff, saying, "I feel that means he's saying he's going to take all the money, and then what do we get?" But the "Moonrise Kingdom" filmmaker said he wanted to "hold off on my official answer" until he hears the details of the plan. White Housewalks back Trump's big Hollywood tariff announcement After Trump's social media post announcing his film tariff proposal sparkedwidespread confusion in the entertainmentindustry, theWhite House appearedto walk the announcement back, saying that "no final decisions" had been made. Trump wants to slap tariffson foreign-produced movies: What we know Trump had said on his social media platform Truth Social that he would authorize the Commerce Department "to immediately begin the process" of instituting the tariff because "the Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death," adding that other countries "are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States." Trump's proposal also came up during a Cannes press conference forRichard Linklater'snew film "Nouvelle Vague," which was shot in France. But the "Boyhood" director said he doubts that the president's plan will ever come to pass. "That's not going to happen, right?" Linklater said. "The guy changes his mind like 50 times in one day." Outside of Cannes,Tom Cruisewas asked about Trump's tariff proposal during a "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" event earlier this month but declined to engage in the topic, saying, "We'd rather answer questions about the movie." Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at the economic think tank Groundwork Collaborative and a former White House National Economic Council official during the Biden administration,previously told USA TODAYthat Trump's "tossed-off idea" is "nonsensical" and "not serious policy." Contributing: Brian Truitt This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Wes Anderson questions Donald Trump's movie tariff proposal in Cannes
