The future of film

• Autores: Guy Lodge, Kaleem Aftab, Pamela Hutchinson, Thomas Flew
• Localización: Sight & sound, ISSN 0037-4806, Vol. 31, Nº 7, 2021, págs. 36-55
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Where is film at in 2021, how did it get here and, most importantly, where does it go next? To mark this special issue of Sight and Sound, we gathered together a number of interesting and important filmmakers to ask for their views and to help us take the temperature of film, cinema and the surrounding culture, with in-depth discussions with our cover stars Chloé Zhao, Steve McQueen, Sofia Coppola and Luca Guadagnino.

    Do they think cinema needs saving? What gives them hope? Are the big screen and small screen squabbling siblings or mortal enemies? And how will things look in ten years’ time? Their answers are fascinating.

    Zhao Chloé Zhao is on the crest of a wave: this year the 39-year-old Chinese-born, US-based filmmaker saw her documentary-inflected filmmaking triumph, when her third feature Nomadland swept the Oscars. With her forthcoming Marvel blockbuster Eternals marking a move to the other end of the industry, who better to reflect on where cinema – at whatever scale – might be heading next.

    McQueen Since he first made his name as a Turner Prize-winning artist in the 1990s, through to his debut feature Hunger in 2008 and his Oscar-winner 12 Years a Slave in 2012, Steve McQueen has been in the vanguard of international art and filmmaking. But with last year’s vital and masterful five-film anthology Small Axe being made for and screened on television, what does McQueen see cinema’s future lying? Coppola Sofia Coppola made an immediate impact with her 1999 debut The Virgin Suicides, and confirmed her cult status with Lost in Translation in 2003. Her projects since have ranged from stylish period dramas to examinations of contemporary relationships, but with an Edith Wharton adaptation for Apple TV+ in the works, does she see the future on the big screen, or the small? Guadagnino Italian director Luca Guadagnino first broke through to international arthouse acclaim with his 2009 film I Am Love, following that success with 2015’s A Bigger Splash, 2017’s swoonsome romance Call Me By Your Name and 2018’s remake of Suspiria. With upcoming projects including both TV series and features, what does the future hold for this avowed cinephile?