Instant gratification, video on demand, a la carte consumption, post-theatrical cinema. What’s on the horizon for the future of movies? Well, according to director/writer Paul Schrader (“The Canyons”) and filmmaker/cinematographer Andrew Wonder (@andrewwonder) cinema is in turmoil. “Only today, it’s in a crisis of form, not content,” Schrader says in the short film he and Wonder directed called “Paul Schrader, Future of Cinema.”
The 90-second short was shot on the High Line in New York and debuted at the Venice Film Festival recently in front of the Bernardo Bertolucci doc, “Bertolucci on Bertolucci.” And you can watch it exclusively in its entirety below. It’s hard to argue with Wonder and Schrader’s posit. The consumption of cinema is changing. Is a room full of people in a dark room watching a projected image going the way of the dodo bird? To Schrader, it’s a very outdated 20th century concept and to be honest, even if he’s proven ultimately wrong, it’s pretty refreshing to hear a 67-year-old man doing the exact opposite of fighting change tooth and nail.
