British film producer Jeremy Thomas took to the Edinburgh International Film Festival stage Friday night to reflect on his legendary, decades-spanning career.

Thomas and Irish director Mark Cousins pondered over the state of the film industry during a 90-minute conversation, which also covered Harvey Weinstein, Harry Cohn and Thomas’ time spent with some of the biggest filmmakers in history.

Thomas, also the former chair of the British Film Institute, is a frequent collaborator of David Cronenberg ‘s, having worked on Crash (1996) and Naked Lunch (1991). He is best known for producing Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987), which won a whopping nine Oscars the following year, including best picture.

British film producer Jeremy Thomas took to the Edinburgh Internatio

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