That's realism: a fact that if the audiences don't move out and watch good films at the theatre, people will stop making them.
People don't want to always see a comedy or an action film. If the film in a particular genre is made well, then it will see its share of success.
A Fantastic Woman' has been seen as very interesting and entertaining. The film has had very good reactions. We are very surprised and delighted how the characters have connected with so many people.
It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.
Lost In Space fans are going to get organized, because we'll see them showing up in all the theatres.
Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.
Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York... it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.
There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on the shoot-the-chutes. To these millions, the movies are a sort of boon - a gaudier version of religion.
If based on popularity, people will come to theaters because of my name, then I would be very happy, but it isn't about Daisy, it is about the director and the film and the co-actors.
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.
When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience.
Original movies of any size are an endangered species.
At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.
Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.
The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
Cinema brings together people from all walks of life. It connects everybody. It's an art in motion.
No one is bigger than cinema.
people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.
But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story.
Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up.
I get a lot of love from Delhiites. My producers tell me that my films do really well here.
You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth.
