Spielberg doesn’t forgive what HBO Max did during the pandemic: "my best filmmaker friends got run over"

Steven Spielberg had harsh words for some decisions made in Hollywood during the worst phase of the pandemic, specifically that of not premiering films in theaters. From Universal to Disney, several studios have released films directly in streaming or, in some cases, simultaneously. with the theatrical debut, but Spielberg specifically highlights Warner Bros. to release all of its 2021 movies on HBO Max, namely “The Suicide Squad”, “Dune – Part 1” and “The Matrix Revolutions”. and also to run over some of my best filmmaking friends, as, without any ceremony, their films did not have their premieres in theaters”, he said in an interview with The New York Times (quoted by Variety). “They were paid and the films were suddenly relegated, in this case, to HBO Max. The case I’m talking about. And then everything started to change.” really that that same older audience, when they enter a room, the magic of being in a social situation with a group of strangers is a tonic”, he defended. others when the turn on the lights [da sala]”, noted the filmmaker. Spielberg highlighted “Elvis”, by Baz Luhrmann, to justify his optimism about the future: “There is no doubt that the great sequels and movies from Marvel and DC and Pixar and some of the animated and horror movies still have a place in society […] I find it encouraging that ‘Elvis’ has passed $100 million at the domestic box office. [EUA]🇧🇷 A lot of older audiences went to see this movie and that gave me hope that people were starting to come back to the movies as the pandemic became endemic. I think the movies will come back. I really think so.” “Elvis”” data-title=”Spielberg doesn’t forgive what HBO Max did during the pandemic: “my best director friends were run over” – SAPO Mag”> “Elvis” Despite defending the experience in movie theaters, the director acknowledged in the interview that he was more open to the possibility of releasing films only in streaming, recalling one he made in 2017 with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. “I made ‘The Post’ as a political statement about our times, reflecting the government [do presidente dos EUA Richard] Nixon, and we thought it was an important reflection for many people to understand what was happening to our country. If I had been given this post-pandemic argument, I don’t know if I wouldn’t have preferred to have made this movie for Apple or Netflix and reached millions of people. Because the movie had something to say to millions of people and we could never get those millions of people into enough theaters to make that kind of difference,” he explained. “Things have changed enough for me to say this,” he concluded. Fabelmans”, the director’s new film, arrives in Portuguese cinemas on December 22.