Corona came, corona changed life (and death), corona created alternative ways of being and becoming. This truism circumscribes the very sphere of existence indeed. Yet it applies especially to education, which has thence changed forever, and to films as well.
Yes, that indeed is so! Before the epidemic, the silver screen as such mattered. The OTT (r)evolution changed it completely. For 'entertainment, entertainment, entertainment', none needed the cinema hall, the sheen of the silver screen, any longer. The mobile screen became big enough to encase entire wor(l)ds.
That possibility completely transformed the very concept of the film experience. In a way, it allowed freedom to the creative artists. Feckless formulae failed. Different genres, unexplored avenues of life, even taboo themes, talented directors and artists who might not fit the mainstream mode had a field day. The computer generated graphics and effects were the 'boost, the secret of the pulsating energy' of film as the OTT content.
Does that mean that the cinema hall experience whether as single screen or at the multiplex is dead? I would not say so. Well, watch the South Indian bonanza. Films mounted on a huge scale are doing big business, are winning laurels, are energising the cultural roots!
In other words, cinema as we knew it is not dead. Despite the individual-spectator-oriented OTT mode which combines the film and the t.v. serial, films on the big screen are not passe. The silven screen is re(de)fining itself.
Pratima@ Why all this discussion of films, especially when we were suspicious yesterday of spurious messages of showy exhibitionism as films? Is that your question? Well, today is the National Film Day. And, yes, my EMRC documentaries were appreciated, while my reviews of films and film festivals were awaited as I freelanced with three major newspapers during my Ph. D. days.
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