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At this past weekend’s Produced By conference, Francis Ford Coppola predicts the future of cinema to be a live experience, Variety reports, something he could incorporate into this forthcoming multi-generational saga about an Italian American family:
The man who once talked about filmmaking completely converting to digital more than three decades ago now feels that the next technological wave will involve a kind of live cinema — not unlike what was done with “The Sound of Music” on television recently, but involving the latest screen technology and available on everything from movie screens to mobile devices. “The cinema can be composed for the audience while they’re seeing it,” he said. “Movies no longer have to be set in stone and can be interpreted for an audience.”
The suggestion was that a movie could be customized for its intended viewers, and could be altered at will. “Live cinema could be like live theater,” he said. “Streaming will be broadcasting.” Coppola also cited narrative as one of the medium’s fastest evolving aspects, citing Sarah Polley’s last film as a director, “Stories We Tell,” as an ingenious way of combining documentary-styled storytelling with narrative fiction.
Jehane Noujaim’s The Square premiered in Egypt this past weekend.
THR interviews the legendary Jerry Lewis:
The 88-year-old comic, enjoying his seventh decade of stardom, sounds off on his audiences, grouses about technology and reveals his penchant for changing into a new pair of socks four times a day: “I just like the feeling of brand-new,” he says.
Watch a video tribute to the cinematography of Robert Richardson:
Warren Beatty has wrapped a 74-day shoot for his Howard Hughes movie, his first feature since 1998.