I think we are just a few years away from ordinary people making films in their garage with AI that are more successful than big movies from Sony or Paramount or Disney. The DIY stuff I see on YouTube is more heartfelt than anything the big studios are doing.
A good example, to your point, is the “Backrooms” movie which is out in the theaters right now (and I am going to see this afternoon). A24 hired Kane Pixels as a Director to do a theatrical release based on his independent series of liminal space videos on YouTube, which were fantastic.
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