Comments of were Entertainment Is Headed

Please listen to David Lynch, notably director of BLUE VELVET and LOST HIGHWAY, and co-creator of that wacky show, "Twin Peaks".

He is completely right about an audience experiencing a film -- what is immediately lost by watching a film on a smaller and smaller portable screening is that a lot of the new technologies -- that cost money -- are lost, namely sound design and the improved definition from HD video, also the vaunted VFX that make movies so important to today, but date the hell out of them for tomorrow. Let alone all the dap that people want from digital projection, nor will new exciting tech like 3D be experienced at all on the iPhone.

Filmmakers don't want their films to migrate to the small screen -- the ability to affect one's emotions thru the use of various lenses and editing is effectively lost on such a small screen, and I honestly don't believe the audience does either.

However, muthafuckas don't have time to check out flicks at some digital projected cushioned the-ater seating! Like the ArcLight in Hollywood.

But I think that the media conglomerates just want to find continued revenue streams for a product that is ultimately mean for enjoyment, not so much as cash cow. However, think about this so much of what is driving the US economy - hi-tech, based on upon how consumers are going to watch filmed entertainment. All the consumer electronic companies want shit to play on their razor thin screens. If you didn't hear, Panasonic has acknowledged the fact that they need to get in lock-step with the entertainment companies, but not really have any creative input.

The WGA Strike isn't helping things 'cause it's having people find other forms of video entertainment.

I'll keep writing and directing, but all forms of entertainment are getting reduced to the level of a commodity, which isn't good because quality doesn't win out at the point. Not that it has recently, as the "yes" men just churn out whatever they want to see and that is something that has to continue to propagate what's always been.

Take a look at Leon Wynter's book AMERICAN SKIN for some dap on this.

However, money for advertising and celebrity endorsement is what will get people to watch whatever. because I don't think the viral quality of a YouTube clip is worth the emotional commitment you can get from a film. If you notice what gets the big views on YouTube is low-brow comedy and shit that shocks (like Saddam Hussein's execution)

Tune in this time next year.