Конец кинотеатров и кинематографа

Загнулся не театр –
загнулось кино.
И случилось это
не так давно.

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1. Paul Schrader’s no-budget L.A. nihilist odyssey “The Canyons” begins and ends with bleak but gorgeous washed-out images of shuttered and decrepit movie theaters, most of them in suburban malls that were probably booming two decades ago, or even one. Schrader also uses these images, which have no direct connection to the movie’s story, as chapter headings or interstitials, breaking the narrative into separate days. It took me a while to grasp the symbolic connection Schrader is making, which is that “The Canyons” is meant as “post-theatrical cinema,” a movie made after the age of movies. – Andrew O'Hehir on P.Schrader&B.E.Ellis’s new film “The Canyons”.

2. There are other subtexts at play: there’s a lament for the Death of Cinema and its ability to convey emotional experiences in a collective venue as the internet takes over. The characters are constantly looking at their smartphones when they’re supposed to be talking to someone face-to-face, signaling their alienation and how cut off they are from humanity. There’s a lament that Hollywood no longer has faith in its own movies to present stories that matter anymore. The reported ambivalence, even disgust Lohan felt about acting with a porn actor feeds well into the sense of disintegration in Christian and Tara’s relationship. The desperation and sadness in Lohan’s performance feels so raw it might come from her real fear of the potential, perhaps impending, tragedy of her life and career. – Adi Tantimedh on P.Schrader&B.E.Ellis’s new film “The Canyons”.

3. “The Canyons” (2013) – American erotic thriller film directed by Paul Schrader, written by Bret Easton Ellis. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canyons_