Leonardo DiCaprio is frightened folks not have an “urge for food” for cinema.
Leonardo DiCaprio is frightened about the way forward for cinema
The 51-year-old actor believes Hollywood goes via a “big transition” because of the rise in reputation of streaming companies and he’s involved concerning the long-term implications for the theatre-going expertise.
He informed the Sunday Instances Tradition journal: “It’s altering at a lightning pace.
“We’re taking a look at an enormous transition. First, documentaries disappeared from cinemas. Now, dramas solely get finite time and folks wait to see it on streamers. I don’t know.
“Do folks nonetheless have the urge for food? Or will cinemas develop into silos — like jazz bars?”
His One Battle After One other director Paul Thomas Anderson agreed: “It is hand-to-hand fight.”
The As soon as Upon a Time… In Hollywood actor is frightened the rise to drive folks away from cinemas and again into their very own dwelling may have a damaging impression on “actual visionaries”.
He mentioned: “I simply hope sufficient folks, who’re actual visionaries, get alternatives to do distinctive issues sooner or later which can be seen within the cinema. However that continues to be to be seen.”
Paul and Leonardo had come near working collectively on 1997’s Boogie Nights however the actor was dedicated to Titanic, and the 55-year-old filmmaker admitted to common “pangs of jealousy” over the star working with different administrators earlier than they teamed up for One Battle After One other.
Paul mentioned: “He has a dedication to not simply doing any outdated film.”
Requested what he thinks the Oscar-winning actor does otherwise, he added: “I imply, it’s like explaining to anyone why you’ve fallen in love with them.
“But additionally, occasionally, I might be hit with a pang of jealousy. I’d assume, ‘Quentin [Tarantino] has had his arms on him twice.’ However the concept needed to come from me, I needed to write one thing.”
Leonardo loved working with the director, notably due to his behavior of exhibiting his forged footage of what he has shot each day.
The actor mentioned: “It’s not typically you get to be a part of a course of.
“I keep in mind very early on in my profession getting VHS tapes in my trailer however, really, that is one thing you by no means get to do.”
