The movie-viewing experience will go through a tectonic shift in the post-pandemic world. The Cidade de Deus director terms it as necessary evolution
For the first time in Academy Award history, the studio with the most nominations was a streaming service. And with some of the most renowned filmmakers across the globe embracing streaming media, movie-making and movie-viewing are at the cusp of a tectonic shift.
Brazilian auteur Fernando Meirelles was nominated for an Oscar this year for his Anthony Hopkins-Jonathan Pryce starrer The Two Popes (2019)
“We have to make films that will fit the big screens of the movie theatres as well as the smaller screens of the mobile phones. It is not an option but an evolution.” –Fernando Meirelles
“You are often tempted to go grand and in the process, sacrifice the soul of the story. I was working with two brilliant actors and I wanted to focus on their expressions. So, we restricted ourselves mostly to close-ups.” –Fernando Meirelles
Meirelles’ The Two Popes, a film on the Catholic Church, could get the funding it required because it is on Netflix, which reaches Catholics across the globe