00:00Now that Springsteen is out in the world, how are you kind of feeling about everyone finally getting to see it?
00:05Well, I'm of two minds.
00:07I love the response of people who have been incredibly moved or touched by the film
00:13and who have felt motivated to reconnect with a loved one maybe that they had been estranged from.
00:23I'm happy to hear that people are seeking the therapeutic help
00:28that they've wanted to because they see that Bruce Springsteen was suffering
00:31and he got the kind of help that he most desperately needed.
00:36If I'm being honest, I wish more people were coming to the movies.
00:40I think there are a lot of reasons why they aren't coming.
00:44And I think there are things that we can do to make sure that their viewing experience is more pleasurable.
00:52And it's dispiriting, I have to say.
00:55If a movie isn't a sequel or a prequel or if it isn't raining concrete or glass,
01:00it's hard to get them out.
01:04And I have to think fewer ads bombarding them prior to the screening starting,
01:12longer windows so that they don't say to themselves,
01:15oh, well, this is going to be in my home in two weeks,
01:17lower ticket prices, varying ticket prices during the week.
01:23I think it's expensive to get a sitter for parking and tickets and concessions.
01:30So I understand that.
01:32But for someone who makes a living as a filmmaker,
01:36not even considering what's coming with AI,
01:39you want people to be transported in a room filled with strangers
01:44where they're focused just on the movie
01:47and they aren't, you know, watching, looking at their phone while they're watching,
01:51which is what they do at home.
01:52It's not the same experience.
01:55And it's a problem that many of the movies that are being celebrated this season
01:59and kind of here tonight have had similar box office problems.
02:02So, I mean, how much do you kind of, how much do you take that in versus kind of just...
02:08Oh, well, I certainly take it in.
02:09Yeah.
02:10And it's hard when you think, well, this movie might connect on a wider basis
02:16and then it doesn't.
02:17And I hate to see from my fellow filmmakers who are, you know,
02:23feeling despondent or dispirited because people aren't coming to the movies.
02:28I think you also want to make sure that the people who are financing your movie
02:33want to do it again.
02:35You know, it is show business after all.
02:37And the more and the better movies do, the more independent cinema you'll see,
02:44the more studio films you'll see that are challenging, that are original, that are daring.
02:49Otherwise, I think it's going to be, you know, rather bleak.
02:54I hate to say that.
02:55And you mentioned AI.
02:56I mean, how do you kind of look at that and what's coming
02:59and how do you factor that into your kind of what you have planned?
03:02Oh, well, I think it's inevitable.
03:07My only hope is that audiences will crave a human experience
03:11and not something that's synthetic for cheap entertainment.
03:16I mean, look, I imagine when in the mid-19th century
03:19when people were painting and then photography comes in, you know, later in the century,
03:24you know, they can both exist, right?
03:27And they have for centuries.
03:30That's, I think, the most positive look.
03:32I mean, maybe there are tools that we can use to make filmmaking cheaper,
03:37but also keep it incredibly human.
03:41You know, I'm a pretty analog guy.
03:43If you've seen my movies, you know, they certainly feel like,
03:48I hope that they come from a different era,
03:49but, you know, it's a wave that's creeping in and I see it.
03:54It's starting to come around my ankles,
03:56and I know it's only going to rise.
03:58We'll see you next time,
03:59just look at things.
04:13Bye.
04:16Bye.
04:17Bye.
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