“Everybody wants a definition when we’re in the middle of transition and change and a crisis at the same timeā, he said. “We just survived the transformation of delivery, the arrival of a pandemic and everybody thinks we should define where we’re going in a year or twoā.
The filmmaker goes on to point out that trying to define what cinema has become during a transitional phase is simply not constructive and instead, creatives should focus on what has traditionally made cinema so great: ideas.“It will define itself in the incoming decade. And the most important thing is to keep the size of the idea bigā.
The takeaway according to del Toro? “We need a little bit of history to talk about (it) with a little certainty.”
And scene. Wise words from del Toro and a timely reminder to creatives (and executives) everywhere that the surest way to safeguard the future of cinema is to keep making interesting films rich in ideasā¦
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