When I was a kid, the cinematic experience was that you went to the cinema every time a new movie came out. You saw it, you waited a few months, then it was released for purchase or rent at the video store. Then maybe a year or two later, it could appear on TV, but as those of us who didn’t grow up with HBO know, when they would show the movie, the scenes could be cut (or added) and the words were dubbed with more words. funny that didn’t make much sense.
So you held out for those weekends of free movie channels, or you would rent the movies you wanted to watch, or your mom would record them from the TV and you should have watched them You can not buy Me Love And Terminator 2 on the same VHS tape with McDonald’s Moon Man ad inserted. Just a guess. But I’m digressing.
Now our experience is that we hardly ever review movies once we have seen them because we have so many series and the movies are constantly coming out not only in theaters, but on all streaming platforms. Some in the film industry believe that watching movies at home dilutes the experience, but two of the biggest names in the industry say it’s rubbish.
In a recent interview with THR, Thurs And Antonio Russoalso known as The Russo Brothers, who previously directed episodes of beloved series Community And Development stoppedand the Wonder Captain America film as well as the epic Avengers: Infinity War And Avengers: End of the game before moving on to the Apple Original drama Cherrysat down to talk about the world of cinema and viewing in theaters versus streaming at home, with Anthony saying:
“We love everything about classic cinema, but we have never been precious to it in any way, shape or form. What has always excited us the most is [the question], how do you go on? This is part of our philosophy in terms of not being valuable for theatrical distribution. How do you get away from the old models? How do you reach an audience that hasn’t been involved before? These are all the most interesting things for us. “
Joe went on to say:
“The auteur cinema turns 50 years old at this point. It was conceived in the 1970s. We grew up on this. We were children, it was really important to us. But we are also aware that the world needs to change and the more we try to stop it from changing, the more we create chaos. It is not for anyone to reject the ideas of the next generation. We are in crisis right now because everyone is at war with each other. It’s sad to see, like kids who grew up loving cinema. One thing to remember, too, is that it’s an elitist concept to be able to go to the theater. It’s fucking expensive. So, this idea that has been created – which we cling to – that theater is a sacred space, is bullshit. And he refuses the idea of letting everyone into the tent. Where digital distribution is valuable, aside from what I said earlier about how it has driven diversity, is that people can share accounts; they can get 40 stories for the cost of one story. But having some kind of culture war on whether there is value or not is a fucking banana to us. “
It is actually sometimes overwhelming how much we have to watch. But honestly it’s better than when I’ve had my kids for the past 14 years. I feel like when I had a baby I had to miss out on the movies I really wanted to see when they came out because I wasn’t ready to leave my baby yet. But now things are streaming exclusively or simultaneously, and people who can’t venture to the theater often or not at all are not excluded. I appreciate it and appreciate the atmosphere of the Russo brothers.
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
