Legendary filmmaker David Lynch talks modern cinema

PanARMENIAN.Net - David Lynch has voiced his dislike for the modern trend of watching movies on smartphones and portable devices, Digital Spy said.

The legendary Blue Velvet director, who will release his new studio album The Big Dream on July 15, opened up about the state of cinema in an interview with The New Review for this week's Independent.

Lynch stated his belief that modern technology is damaging the filmgoing experience.

"If you have a chance to enter another world, then you need a big picture in a dark room with great sound," he said.

"It's a spiritual, magic experience. If you have the same movie on a little computer screen with bad sound - and this is the way people are seeing films now - it's such a shame. It's a shameful, shameful thing. It's so pathetic."

Lynch also cast doubt on the prospect of him making another movie, saying that he felt more drawn towards the creativity in display on cable TV.

"It's a very depressing picture," he commented. "With alternative cinema - any sort of cinema that isn't mainstream - you're fresh out of luck in terms of getting theatre space and having people come to see it.

"Even if I had a big idea, the world is different now. Unfortunately, my ideas are not what you'd call commercial, and money really drives the boat these days.

"So I don't know what my future is. I don't have a clue what I'm going to be able to do in the world of cinema.

"And television is way more interesting than cinema now. It seems like the art-house has gone to cable."