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 Reuters asked actors,
directors, writers and producers what they see
for the future of cinemas. Their replies have
been edited for length and clarity.
DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON
"I do think what we'll see when we do return to
the cinema is that films that celebrate that
particular art form of sitting in a dark room
with a bunch of strangers and looking at a very
large screen with a very loud sound system is
going to become a more focused and ritualized
thing. It's the only place where the art
dominates. When you watch something on
streaming, the other people in the room with you
are welcome to interject, to pause, to go to the
bathroom, to text, to do other things."
DIRECTOR CHLOÉ ZHAO
"For 300 people to laugh and cry at the same
time, strangers, not just your family in your
house, that's a very powerful thing that I don't
think we're ever going to give up. The question
is, are the theaters actually going to be there?
I'm actually more worried about those original
theaters, those little small theaters in small
towns. They are so beautiful, and they're so
important for the community."
ACTRESS GAL GADOT
"I don’t think that the theaters are going away.
I think that, just like with live concerts that
we all love to go to, the theaters, they just
give us a different experience. "
WRITER AND DIRECTOR AARON SORKIN
"As convenient as watching a move on a streaming
service like Netflix may be, it is not a
substitute for the shared experience of being
part of an audience, when a whole group of
strangers laughs at the same time, is silent at
the same time, gasps at the same time, cries at
the same time. Going to the movies is what we do
on a date. It's what we do with our friends on a
Friday night, with our families on Saturday. We
are not going to stop going to the movies. I
can't wait to be part of an audience again."
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 ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR ROBIN
WRIGHT
"Once this pandemic starts to lift and everybody
gets vaccinated and we can get back to the new
norm, I think the world's going to open up the
way it was and so will theaters. I pray, because
there's nothing like the experience of sitting
in the cinema and watching a movie with others
next to you. That's an energy that I think just
fuels the experience." FILMMAKER
EDDIE HUANG
"I do think that there is going to be a movement
back to theaters. ... It's not the same to watch
a film at home. That's not why we make it, you
know? It's like eating food without a plate. And
it's cool, you can stand and eat. But it's
better with a plate and a fork and a knife."
WRITER SUZAN-LORI PARKS
"I'm not sure what the future might look like.
It might depend on money. I think a lot of
decisions these days, maybe fortunately or
unfortunately, are driven by money. How much
money do people want to make? Where do they want
to put their resources? I think it's really
important for people to be able to come together
and experience things as a community."
ROMANIAN DIRECTOR ALEXANDER NANAU
"I'm not afraid that people will not return to
the cinemas, I think that is a need that we all
have and it will come back. Maybe not in the
numbers we knew before, because it becomes a
commodity that we have faster access to the
films in your own home."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross in
Los Angeles, Alicia Powell in New York and Sarah
Mills in London; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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