Watch 'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve advocate for the theatrical experience during his acceptance speech at the Advanced Imaging Society's Lumiere Awards.
Denis Villeneuve is one of the most treasured directors working in Hollywood today. With modern genre classics like Dune and Blade Runner 2049, the filmmaker has captured the hearts of moviegoers countless times over the last decade. One of the things the French-Canadian director has been fighting for over the last couple of years, like many movie lovers, is the preservation of the theatrical experience.
“Cinema was born in theaters. The language was created for the big screen. Today these roots have been weakened by the pandemic. I think it is imperative to bring back an equilibrium between the theatrical experience and the streaming services.”Villeneuve then joked about being a fan of streaming services, calling them a “powerful tool,” but then he states that:
This sensitive topic has been a part of many heated debates since the pandemic began in 2020, which shut down theaters across the country. Since then, while theaters are reopened and slowly getting stronger, more and more high-profile films have been going straight to streaming. Villeneuve himself was in the middle of that drama last year when Warner Brothers went behind the backs of their filmmakers, saying that all their 2021 film slate was going day and date to both theaters and streaming.
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