Earlier this week, I talked about what streaming would look like in the next five years. And in that article, I made a grim prediction that the theatrical experience would be solely reserved for huge releases like Marvel movies.I thought that was scary, and I'm not the only one who has seen this as a possible outcome if we don't start defending smaller movies getting theatrical runs.But if there’s one person who has the clout to push back against the algorithm-driven pivot to streaming, it’s the man who invented the summer blockbuster.The Hollywood Reporter detailed that at the recent Los Angeles premiere of Hamnet—the new film from Nomadland director Chloé Zhao—Steven Spielberg took the stage not just as a producer, but as a defender of the theatrical experience for adult dramas. And he didn’t mince words.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.com"Fighting the Tides"At a recent premiere at the Academy Museum, Spielberg addressed the crowd and talked about what makes movies like Hamnet matter.He said, “Directors are always searching for stories to tell, but sometimes the story tells us which director it wants to belong to. Chloé Zhao was the director that Maggie O’Farrell’s book Hamnet found its way to, and there was no other choice that could have possibly been made in the world.”Then Spielberg pointed to the screen and continued that these are “the kinds of screens that we are fighting the tides to keep filled with not just blockbuster, epic, escapist movie rides, but sensitive and intimate portraits of...
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