This years mega productions are set to gross billions of dollars but smaller independent movies are disappearing from cinemas. Meanwhile more and more Online Streaming Services are being launched fine for our attention. Squeezed between streaming and blockbusters can traditional cinema survive. We sent to w. s film a quarter scott ross perots at the Venice Film Festival to find out amid the red carpet glitz and old world charm what the future of cinema looks like. Well this is the worlds oldest Film Festival but its on the cutting edge this is where oscar hopeful start where hollywood matt. With the art house see i cant think of a better place to look for the future of movie making. What i love about. Being a dad its almost annoying how much he likes to lose. Crises all in one time me too what i love about nicole. Shes a great dancer structures. Shes a mother who plays really place. She gives great presents. Nicole and charlie are the perfect couple. Or so it seems. But what starts out as a beautiful love affair and bitter divorce Scarlett Johansson and adam driver are both at the top of their game. The Venice Film Festival is living up to its reputation as a bellwether for the oscars Netflix Productions included. Talk ok scenes from a marriage for better and for worse. Relationships children the chaos of everyday life stuff everyone can relate to the time when i met with. I was actually going through a divorce and i didnt know. What we were meaning about. The family as an anchor in a turbulent world seems to be a central theme at this years Venice Film Festival. Against the backdrop of glitz and red carpet glamour. Among the premieres the german film pelican blood. What does it mean to say that someone is evil are you born evil become it can you treat trauma at one point might you just have to give up on someone. A devil child or just a traumatized little girl. Nina hoss plays a single mother she already has one adopted child and adopts another. An orphan from bulgaria but she turns out not to be as angelic as she looks. At a police horse trainer who has a magic touch with wayward horses because pushed to her limits by writing. All. The spanish and him in this group and. That does not mean that in. Motherhood is a nightmare from which there is no escape because trapped with a child who becomes increasingly manic destructive and ultimately murderous. An intense film that asks questions with no easy answers should a child be saved at any cost what if they cant be saved. As me but as the subject of pelting blood they moved me deeply so its important to me that the audience be left with questions that they leave feeling unsettled. Not all the films in venice are so introspective many are reflections on the state of the world. Another focus of this years festival films based on true stories. Meryl streep stars and the laundromat a comedy about the 2016 pandemic papers scandal. Thats the story empty shelves ringback i know the story somebody told and somebody is making money from it maybe lots of people. So ellens husband has died in a boating accident determined to get an insurance payout hers she follows the money and stumbles onto an International Tax avoidance and Money Laundering scheme somebody is making money from it all goes back to this law for both sides. So what happens next what do we do next were living in a moment where the news cycle is racing and were racing to keep up with Current Events and this is this is a an entertaining. Flass funny way of telling a very very dark black hearted joke a joke thats being played on all of us people died. And people die still for global high finance as a farce. When a whistle blower leaks confidential documents the shock waves go round the world. Even hollywood is affected. That is my money most of the time we dont even know. Inevitably there are also critical voices in venice where the female directors the festivals lagging behind when it comes to gender parity just 2 women have films in competition. One of them is high 5 months or from saudi arabia. Her film the perfect candidate is about money on a young small town doctor struggling to do her job despite dilapidated conditions and patriarchal restrictions in a country where older men in particular refuse to be treated by a woman who much much closer to finalizing means you keep manning just make. Good morning mrs babbitt if yeah. But if that has been one of the overall vote about they thought of the scene the dad to name was nobody. You are going to be. Upset and then it has to be nice that i wanted to be part of the change part of what is happening to contribute to the new generation have so much more opportunities to learn and to grow and to go places. Mario runs for office in a municipal election defined convention with the support of her sisters in unhurried portrait about empowerment and the change coming about in saudi arabia this was your point to talk to you and i think ok. So i and i met him the fact that i just. The one of the line you intend to shame is you somebody to cut it. I tell you can be a. One in touch but if they dont and in a good night piano just something. Among the a list stars defying the sweltering temperatures to hit town brad pitt besieged as usual by fans and for talk differs in ad astra he plays major roy mcbride a fearless space cowboy and lonely traveler to the final frontier traumatized by the loss of his father a famous astronaut its a cross between an action movie and a psychological drama. It was a constant effort just to try to maintain this balance and try to keep this this this story unfolding in a in a very subtle delicate way. Roy is sent on a mission to neptune to find his missing father is just majoring in bright. And attempting to reach dr clifford mcbride. This is stuck in front. Not like she was. Sam lee drama even in outer space the 2001000 Venice Film Festival entries range from the existential to the political and back again. To a load of r. Is an old cinematic master whose influence a generation of filmmakers the crazy spaniard known for his flamboyant technicolor dramas has already had a huge influence on the future of cinema but hes not done yet. Just. In nailing the otoh if he does a good on line is a really important price. And since it involves venice. The place where i was actually born as a director. For me its a very special emotion we. Want to give me a little boy oh boy. If you talk about david lives in 988 almodovar submitted this tumultuous comedy to the venice festival it didnt win him a prize but praise and encouragement just what in aspiring filmmaker needs. In 2019 the festival paid tribute to the director and his lifes work Pedro Almodovar is an icon for the last 30 years hes shaped european cinema like no other. I feel a little bit as if 31 years later theyre giving me the golden lion for the film i did in 88 and id really like to believe that its a random act of poetic justice. How most of our tends to ensure that the characters in his films get justice even when the world around them is usually unjust. And the element i was born in the luncheon region and its a very conservative preachers is about i mean you could almost say calvinist. Because there was very little color you know even in the clothing people wore. Its a very dry region. And i thought that this aridity was very beautiful to contemplate. But it was the exact opposite of the way i felt that audio and were going to Cynthia Sommer we just want you to feel that the. Most of our stillness are full of power color and life like the people whose stories he tells. Theyre often outsiders in society but theyre always strong and charming individuals with all their weaknesses obsessions and passions. The golden lion for his lifes work also honors the quake characters created by almodovar for some actors they were stepping stones on their path to hollywood such as penelope cruz. Is felicity certainly an intimate and under her in such an exact position hides. It. Pretty easy. To shut. Up. Most of our skillfully links different genres citing classics like those of alfred hitchcock. Tweaks and perfects the characters to suit his actors and works with that continuously. Like Antonio Banderas now a Hollywood Star he was one of the all motiv ours discoveries in his latest film pain and glory the director gave him the lead role. Pain and glory are 2 words which are very difficult for me. On the one hand i tried not to complain too much about pain during the production of the film. And as for gloria i try not to show off about it. But i cant really deal with either of them. You know close on youre. Going to assume i survived or. In aging film directors suffering from a creative block due to ill health ponders his life as an artist. And i just feel like playing a character that hes actually the ill tell you what i can tell you to do in the shooting of the movie. As we were going i met he was actually see me talking. You know. After conciliation with his past that he was getting happy i. Have here are happier when we finish the movie i saw that the happiest. That i have seen in 40. 2 years that we know it. Was just. Me gently and affectionately almost of our connects the dots from the childhood deprived conditions to the extravagant life of an artist. At that. If in the actual mission i can see that. Pedro almodovar was honored for his lifes work in venice hopefully that will include more masterpieces in the years to come. I was i to draw most of our has something to say to people who like to watch movies on these things instead of in the cinema a film should be seen on a screen thats at least as big as the butt on the seat of a person watching it but smartphones and streaming are transforming the Film Industry the winds are blurring between movies and t. V. Between t. V. And streaming so is cinema dead or are netflix and co just whats needed to draw new wife into a century old art form. Nowadays says tend to enjoy films from the comfort of their homes rather than the cinema. Netflix amazon prime disney and apple are coming soon streaming services are doing the internet has killed a Video Rental Store is it about to kill the Movie Theater to. Media experts marcos s. Klein says that streaming services with their vast array of choices do indeed pose a threat to old school cinemas. Korean food that fix it for filmmaking might benefit from netflix but cinemas dont come for the streaming has entered the arena to battle it out with cinemas for their cultural agenda your film. Now we have banned cinemas there is magical places where the lights go out and we settle down in the darkness to be transported to another world. No were not says Christiane Boyer the head of a. G. Keno an association of cinemas is optimistic he points out that cinema audience numbers are actually growing. At a year and its a different way of seeing a felt and of course not just because of the big screen on the stuff not because of state of the Art Technology that we dont all have in our living rooms but because youre engaging with the media and the other people youre watching with the north mideastern fans always get an increasing number of film directors not opting to work with netflix they enjoy the freedom it gives them the streaming giant reportedly put 200000000. 00 into Martin Scorseses new gangster movie the irishman and gave him full Creative Control which were going on now for a. Big business and government are trying to pull a stunt. Whatever you need to do a movie on netflix. Netflix leans back and says hey we trust you go for it weve got your back the result will be great the less we interfere the better the result thats how it works with any art form when there are vested interests be they financial political or studio interests then it will affect the product. For and then takes off. These days the streaming Services Industry is worth billions. But many are worried that only one company can win the streaming was and the result would be a monopoly. In the future there might just be a few. But hes imposing rules at Film Festivals are actually dictating terms to states. Whats at stake here is diversity of opinion and we need to keep a close eye on these developments fared. Forth for many years now Film Festivals have been debating whether or not to screen movies made by streaming Media Services netflix originals for example dont get a cinema release for only unselected fans has done for a short period of time the greek born french director across the gaffer has done it in venice for his contribution to contemporary cinema has reservations about streaming platforms. Everybody can see movies everywhere and his colleagues in the small village everywhere we painted a little money before it was the postman for the other head of the glue that exists but with the movie the food in the books and those in the wall who dont listen in for both of these movies couldnt have seen them or what if that doesnt negate the thought of the thing. The streaming platform is now a lot about us then they will be watching and for how long they know whats popular now what will have lasting popularity and what will attract new subscribers and they use algorithms to decide what to show viewers. Mexican direct our allies in the audi 2 is among those who are concerned about this development. Just think of the risk is theyll go ok lots of people who watch netflix like certain actors certain subject Certain Directors so theyre the ones will get funded and others who attract fewer viewers will gradually disappear because its all about reaching the biggest audience as possible. And audiences keep watching. The brave new world of entertainment is just so comfortable and convenient. You can hit the pause button whenever you feel like it take a break on top of your drink. How can the movie thing. It is compete. Well with the latest in. 40. 7 minutes with 40 x. Technology use moving seats or scented air to provide an old mentor to experienced it might work with stephen kings its chapter 2 but its unlikely to add much to an arts house film sharing the experience is apparently crucial to the concept. Your best defense about experiencing a movie in a very immediate way to see you laugh more if youre in a group but its also about the groups reaction you know what did you make of it and on what did you like about it. And did more. We romanticize the idea of cinema as a place to talk about film it never was we might discuss movies with our friends but in my old life no ones ever come up to me in a cinema and said i dont know you but lets discuss the film we just saw the. Discussion the film now takes place on social media and fun sides. But that doesnt mean its any less impassioned. In 1917 friends cuffed wrote in his diary went to the movies. These days a film might still make his way we just probably wont have gone to the movies to see if. Theres one film in venice that best can buy the personal drama of in the cinema with the spectacle of blockbuster movies it took an iconic character from a comic book and turned him into an antihero for archives my personal favorite in venice this year the joker. Jokes 6. The joker we love to hate the original comic book figure and batmans nemesis an arch enemy. The ultimate philip. Not from the club. Brilliantly embodied by heath ledger in the 2008 movie the dark knight. His latest incarnation hes very different a broken man as much a victim as a perpetrator psychologically damaged reminiscent of taxi drivers Travis Bickle one of robert de niros most iconic roles. Our. Director Todd Phillips best known for the hangover trilogy came to venice with his star joaquin phoenix. Both were in high spirits confident that with joker they had an ace up their sleeves. Heres a guy who searching for a dennehy i think he becomes mistakenly symbol and really what he was looking for is adulation he was never looking for the world to burn this joker. Arthur flick has a condition he bursts into cackles of laughter usually at inappropriate moments hes heavily medicated a wannabe stand up comedian he cant keep it together onstage it always bombs hes a loser. I didnt refer to any Customer Relations of the character. It was just something that felt like it was our creation some ways and the think thats what was really important for me. Its an inspired reinvention of the villain purpose even heath ledgers character pales in comparison to Joaquin Phoenixs joker i have bad news he lost 24 kilos to play the part of this underdog turned angel of vengeance. And we just. Got the way. Everyone laughed at me on no one well true now. Im sorry that you have found. Suddenly this mentally ill freakish figure has followers a parable for our time in ne case again there were there were more things than just societies indifference toward him that made him and turned him into the joker there was this narcissism in arthur and this need to be applauded and looked up but im glad you know. Todd phillips jokers surpasses expectations its a blockbuster with the soul of an independent film a definite oscar contender and news. Is a joke to you but. A merry one small thing yeah when you bring me on the commute youd use muse joker. The plan. Joker shows cinemark can still combine spectacle and subsets the hollywood and our house traditions the old ways of making movies are being disrupted but filmmakers are finding new ways to tell their stories and get them seen on screens both big and small from what ive seen in venice this year im pretty optimistic about the future of that about so as joker says but on a happy face. Good. Thing. Bob. Hope on. The plumbing marched realises wait a 2nd we want to hold to check our facts instead of make ideas shift deliver us. From other realities of cryptocurrency to your top picks for live in an ever changing Digital World lets talk to digitize a certain clear shift. Coffee its the germans favorite hunter every minute for the consumer is one of lifes pleasures for Coffee Grower