Steven Spielberg said in a new interview with new york times that streaming services like HBO Max It threw filmmakers “under the bus” by “disrespectfully” dumping high-profile new releases to streaming instead of theaters. The Oscar winner mentions Warner Bros. has decided that all of his 2021 films will be released on the same day on both HBO Max and in theaters. For Spielberg, such a decision changed adult movie-going habits.
“The pandemic has created an opportunity for streaming platforms to push subscriptions to record-breaking levels, and also forced some of my best filmmaker friends off the bus because their films were disrespectfully never released theatrically. “They paid off and the movie was suddenly relegated to HBO Max in this case. The case I’m talking about. And then everything started to change.” ”
“I think older audiences were relieved that they didn’t have to step on sticky popcorn,” Spielberg continued. “But I really believe that when the same older audience walks into the theater, the magic of being in a social situation with a stranger becomes a tonic… It’s going to be a movie that’s good enough to have all audiences say Whether or not it depends on the movie: when the lights come back on, it’s on each other.
Spielberg cited Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” as one of the films that gave hope to the future of adult cinema at the box office. “There’s no doubt that big sequels and movies from Marvel, DC, Pixar, and a few animated and horror movies, given their box office numbers, still exist in society,” said the director. Gross domestic sales of $151 million proved that adult fares could still win.
Spielberg said, “It’s encouraging that ‘Elvis’ has exceeded $100 million at the domestic box office.” “A lot of older people went to see the movie, so it gave me hope that as the pandemic becomes more endemic, people are starting to return to cinema.
The pandemic didn’t completely change Spielberg’s approach to theater, but he admitted Times At the very least, it’s now more openly considering the value of a potential move toward a streaming-only release.
“We created The Post as a political statement about our time by reflecting on the Nixon administration. I thought it was an important reflection,” Spielberg said. This movie had something to say to millions of people, but it just couldn’t get millions of people into enough theaters to make that kind of difference. has changed enough to make you say that.
Spielberg’s latest film,favermanswill be released exclusively in select cinemas on November 11th and expand nationwide on November 23rd.