By Gopi
Los Angeles, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Legendary Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, who recently attended the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of Milos Forman鈥檚 classic 鈥極ne Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest鈥, has made it very clear that he won鈥檛 return to the fold.
He spoke at the festival about his fears for democracy in the U.S. under the Trump administration, reports 鈥榁ariety鈥.
When asked at a press conference about the state of politics in his home country, the Oscar-winner said the nation is currently 鈥渇lirting with autocracy鈥.
鈥淚 look at it generally as the fact of how precious democracy is, of how vulnerable it is and how it always has to be protected鈥, he added. 鈥淚 hope that what we鈥檙e struggling with right now is a reminder of all the hard work the Czechs did in gaining their freedom and independence. Politics now seem to be for profit. Money has entered democracy as a profit centre. People are going into politics now to make money. We maintained an ideal, an idealism in the U.S., which does not exist now鈥.
As per 鈥榁ariety鈥, the actor wrapped his comment by saying he prefers 鈥渘ot to go into too much detail鈥 as 鈥渢he news speaks for itself鈥.
He shared, 鈥淚 myself am worried, I am nervous, and I think it鈥檚 all of our responsibility to look out for ourselves鈥.
The screening of the multiple-Oscar-winning film took place half a decade after 鈥極ne Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest鈥 played in Karlovy Vary and honors the classic鈥檚 relationship to the town and Forman鈥檚 home country.
The director was a loyal supporter of the festival and, along with Douglas, 鈥楥uckoo鈥 producer Saul Zaentz and Danny DeVito, who also appeared in the film, were all recipients of the festival鈥檚 Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
Source: IANS