David Lynch spoke about the state of cinema in a new interview. Lynch in his interview with the French magazine “Cahiers du Cinema”, said that for various factors the cinema is affected, such as the coronavirus pandemic, the changes in the way people access movies now (via streaming, for example) and the increase in the number of television series.

Last November, Britain’s second-largest cinema group, Cineworld, predicted that ticket sales would remain below pre-pandemic levels for the next two years.

While ticket sales in the UK and Ireland totaled £690m last year, they were 30% down on the pre-pandemic period in 2019, according to figures published in The Guardian newspaper.

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David Lynch said that “coronavirus has put an end” to watching films in cinemas, adding: “Feature films are in a bad place, series have taken their place… You could sit down and actually have the experience of walking into a whole new world. Now this is all in the damn history books. It is disturbing”.

Regarding streaming from mobile phones, the American director, screenwriter and actor clarified: “I always say: people think they’ve seen a movie, but if they’ve watched it on their phone, they haven’t seen anything. It’s sad”.

Appreciating that “television is not bad” he added: “…saying goodbye to cinemas is the hardest part. The art and writing is over. Theater owners… go on for the love of cinema. There are still heroes fighting for it.”

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