Sir Sam Mendes, the man behind some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters. has said the 'great era' of cinema is dying before our eyes because of online streaming 🎬
‘The 20th century, the great era of movies, the great entertainment form – which was going out to the movies – that is dying,’ the Oscar-winning writer-director lamented., also revealed he believes that some of his most successful movies would have been released on streaming services if they had been made now.
‘I think those middle-budget movies don’t get made for cinemas anymore and you look at the multiplexes and people go, “There’s six screens” and then you go to those six screens and it says, “Screen one , screen two Avatar, screen three Avatar” – that’s not a six-screen cinema; that’s just six screens showing the same movie.’He had his first major breakthrough with American Beauty in 1999 Sir Sam’s last two films were action-packed epics, with his very personal take on a First World War film with 1917 in 2019, andThe acclaimed filmmaker recently explained how he always feels a sense of ‘reassurance’ whenever he visits a cinema.
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