The WGA gets it Wrong Again...
February 6th, 2002
Proving once again that it can cut off its nose in spite of its face, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has shamelessly allowed its cockamamie rules to get the better of it. Two of the best screenwriting efforts, and in our opinion one of the best, MEMENTO is somehow ineligible for any WGA honors, along with IN THE BEDROOM. WGA nominations for feature films will be announced Thursday.
At the time the films were made, the writers weren't members of the WGA, and the productions were not WGA signatories. As a result, in accordance with longstanding WGA rules, the two pictures were not on the list of films to be considered.
"Our objective is to protect writers," Victoria Riskin, president of the Writers Guild of America West, told Variety. "But it's not easy when some wonderful screenwriting can't qualify. It always stirs up debate among the members when something like this happens. But the members' concerns are with getting the writers their benefits and protecting their rights."
-- CW
At the time the films were made, the writers weren't members of the WGA, and the productions were not WGA signatories. As a result, in accordance with longstanding WGA rules, the two pictures were not on the list of films to be considered.
"Our objective is to protect writers," Victoria Riskin, president of the Writers Guild of America West, told Variety. "But it's not easy when some wonderful screenwriting can't qualify. It always stirs up debate among the members when something like this happens. But the members' concerns are with getting the writers their benefits and protecting their rights."
-- CW
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