Posted on 06/13/2013 7:07:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
George Lucas echoed Spielberg's sentiments at an event touting the opening of a new USC School of Cinematic Arts building, saying big changes are in store.
Steven Spielberg on Wednesday predicted an "implosion" in the film industry is inevitable, whereby a half dozen or so $250 million movies flop at the box office and alter the industry forever. What comes next -- or even before then -- will be price variances at movie theaters, where "you're gonna have to pay $25 for the next Iron Man, you're probably only going to have to pay $7 to see Lincoln." He also said that Lincoln came "this close" to being an HBO movie instead of a theatrical release.
George Lucas agreed that massive changes are afoot, including film exhibition morphing somewhat into a Broadway play model, whereby fewer movies are released, they stay in theaters for a year and ticket prices are much higher. His prediction prompted Spielberg to recall that his 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial stayed in theaters for a year and four months.
The two legendary filmmakers, along with CNBC anchor Julia Boorstin and Microsoft president of interactive entertainment business Don Mattrick, were speaking at the University of Southern California as part of the festivities surrounding the official opening of the Interactive Media Building, three stories high and part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.....
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For the record, I preferred seeing bands in fine theatres over sports complexes too.
The majesty is gone from the modern theatre.
That is the biggest problem.
Couple that with crappy films and the out come is not fortuitous.
With the proliferation of the Actor’s Studio and HDTV digital SLRs, able to film several minute HDTV 1080 clips with sound, and all of this available for under $2k, I would expect the opposite, using the internet as the distribution network.
There should be 1000 movies available for every one made by Hollywood. It will happen. Especially when there is such a large percentage of unemployed, artists, actors, writers, and a thirst for art not being satiated.
Avatar sucked.
Did we watch the same movie?It was the older witch lying to her younger sister ,and pretending that she had an affair with Oz that set the younger sister off.In the movie I watched he didnt abuse either of them.I saw flirting and some kisses but nothing else.Maybe you should watch it again.
I haven’t been to a theater movie in years. The movies are just not good anymore.
I have a personal DVD collection of great western movies. Lots of Randolph Scott, Glen Ford, Allan Ladd.
I just got in the six movie set from TCM and watched SASKATCHEWAN last night. Glorious TECHNICOLOR!
I also have lots of the great dramas from the 1960s and lots of adventure movies.
El Cid
Fall of the Roman Empire
Waterloo
War and Peace (Russian version)
Khartoum
THE WAR LORD
Becket
Lion in Winter.
And lots of 1950s si-fi movie with hokey special effects. I love ‘em.
Why do I possibly need modern crap.
My dad met my mom there when he offered to drive her home because her boyfriend at the time wanted to go somewhere else! She only lived four blocks away! But they were married over 50 years and I miss them both!
Agreed. However, I do agree with him that avatars and computer generated graphics will be used to make films in the future.
His M.O. was to give those music boxes to the women he was trying to seduce.
He gave them each a music box. He spent the night with each woman. I don’t think they could be more frank in a movie directed at children.
Both women appeared to be post coital euphoric and deeply in love with the guy.
That was my take-away. You and another person disagree, and you may be right.
My grandson wanted me to take him to the movie for a birthday treat. Found out that two tickets during twilight hours a large box of popcorn and a large Coke to share was going to be almost $30. So let him pick 4 rental movies, we popped a huge bowl of popcorn, got a six pack of Coke, ordered pizza to be delivered and had 6 hours of movie time at home with several neighborhood kids joining us. Still slightly less than $30 and he had a whole lot more fun.
You are making me homesick. Oh to be young again... I remember those wonderful days.
I think a quarter paid for a Saturday afternoon matinee, a soda, popcorn, as well as a box of Whoppers and Milk Duds.
At least we have our memories.
I don’t think you can ever replace the human actor.
I really don’t
Ah, for the good old days and Bogart films.
“I came for the water.”
“There’s no water in Casablanca.”
“I was misinformed.”
I remember going to the movies on a Saturday night and if I was lucky I’d sit in the balcony with a pretty girl and make out. Didn’t know what the movie was about and didn’t care.
CGI is pretty cool when used with a light hand.
When an entire film is CGI? I think it stinks on ice.
Animation captured subtlety of human emotion better than CGI does.
The bottom line is that you still need an actor to convey to the CGI animators what works.
I doubt CGI animators will ever replace actors entirely.
That banter does not compare to the snarky **** in pixar films /s
You might be right. However, it would not hurt my feelings if the Hollyweird crowd stopped getting paid millions for craptastic performances.
It is pretty craptastic.
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
Some movies are made for the big screen. ‘Gone With The Wind,’ burning of Atlanta doesn’t translate well on smaller screens. Some war movies, the old ‘King Kong,’ where he just fills up the screen. Most movies though,one can watch on television at home an get the same effect. I think what Spielberg is saying is that Hollywood isn’t making epic movies specifically designed for the big screen anymore. Most movies are being made for a straight to video format where they hope to recoup there money in video rental, Red Box or Netflix. Think of all the theater chains going out of business, and in the future all movies will be viewed at home. It is a sad day now for Hollywood. There will be a point where people can shoot there own movie and distribute them via the computer.
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