Reflections on the film industry, which could stop being profitable if something is not done (and now)
We are many people who go to the cinema to live a unique experience, a moment of glory and peace in which to connect with new adventures, wonderful characters and more or less surreal situations. But there are more people who sit in an armchair to have funsee a great show and eat a giant bowl of popcorn with the drink of the day
What I have just described is a debate that has been going on for a long time, a conversation that we moviegoers take care of launching from time to time to the talk about the ‘magic of cinema’. But I have to tell you that these tricks are coming to an end: the pandemic, the economic crisis and the paradigm shift have caused the adult public stay away from the theaters, and the youngest only watch their favorite sagas.
Why am I so pessimistic? We come from the last few months in which only superhero movies, consolidated sagas or video game adaptations have triumphed (Spider-Man: No way Home, Uncharted, Venom: There will be Carnage O Fast and Furious 9 are some examples). Instead, Spencer, CODA: The Sounds of Silence, West Side Story O Last night in Soho They have failed unscrupulously.
Paradigm shift? Death of auteur cinema? let’s debateguys, and discover why auteur cinema is as necessary as your ‘blockbusters‘ favorites.
Goodbye to auteur cinema
- “The who the author It is one that has the director as the predominant protagonist, gaining greater importance than the actors themselves. He gives a vision (his, or on less occasions, someone else’s) about what the film industry is and your projects are recognizable at a glance thanks to different elements and tools that appear in the staging”.
Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrickand more recently, Pablo Larrain O Edward Wright, are just some of the directors who contribute their perspective on what cinema is. In some cases, they intend to impose it, in others, to keep it in a bubble compatible with the most commercial cinema. The problem? The pandemic has revealed that auteur cinema, at least now, is not of interest.
Think of cinema as an industry: not only must actors eat, directors, producers, technicians must also earn money… Distributors and exhibitors must also earn money, and in this last category the cinemas. If you have been releasing films for two years without any commercial vocation and with low box office expectations, no matter how good they are and no matter how many awards they win, you will end up prioritizing those projects that give you the opportunity to increase your income. Therefore Uncharted, The Batman, and now Morbius O Sonic 2: The Movie bring together as many rooms and sessions as possible.
Who is to blame for the ‘death of cinema’? moviegoers
You are going to send me a hitman more than one, but the culprits that the cinema has died They are the ones who call themselves movie buffs. Yes, those who enjoy cinema on the big screen, but decide to wait to see it on a streaming platform streaming to avoid contagion in the room. And meanwhile, every weekend they go out for a few beers in bars with tables next to strangers. Is the cinema a dangerous place? Really?
But also those moviegoers who spend their lives criticizing everything that hits theaterswithout realizing that his voice in the press and social networks push viewers to other commercial projects that do have positive word of mouth from the fandom.
Author cinema is not dead, it is silent
It’s time to be noticed, cinephile you’re reading me. If the hits are from ‘blockbuster’ movies, it’s because the fandom meets at each premiere as if it were an event. The problem is that five years from nowthe situation will be to go to the cinema to see ‘blockbusters‘, and stay home (hopefully) to see the latest from Almodovar on Netflix O Amazon. And you know that the worst thing is that this movie magic of going to see the latest Kubrick or Coppola, at least on your part, has completely disappeared.
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