Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over.
How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.
Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.
Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.
Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.
My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.
Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think about how people interact with their phones; how they consume content and how they share.
Movies are such an integral part of American culture. We're so spread out in this country, and movies offer us a chance to come together and have a communal experience.
People buy box sets, and they sit for a whole weekend with a computer on their lap in bed, and they watch two seasons back-to-back of a show. They are invested in the person within that arc or the dynamics of those people - the relationships - and it doesn't matter to them if they're watching it on an iPhone or a cinema screen.