John C. Reilly questions why human rights have become political
"If you stand up for human rights, why is that a right or left thing? Why aren’t people on the right wing concerned about human rights?"
"Elon Musk says, 'don’t be fooled by the empathy trap'. ... Empathy is not a trap, empathy is a superpower. It’s what makes human beings exceptional, our ability to look outside ourself”
"Do unto others ... It's crazy that we have to argue for these things"
(via It's Open Pod)
Guillermo del Toro says AI is a form of "natural stupidity"
“We are on the verge of image illiteracy. We are on the verge of cinema illiteracy... The pact between man and image is sacred, but we are in a time when that is in danger... We are told images can be generated by artificial means. The existence of an image is not just to be there. It is to connect us, to make us feel beauty,” he said.
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Christopher Nolan says movie theaters will be around forever 🍿
"Theaters are part of history, and they’re part of the future as well"
"When you watch a comedy in a room full of laughing people ... a tragedy where everybody’s sad at the same time... that’s very, very important and very unique to cinema"
"The idea of the movie as a communal experience, as a place where we come together to experience a story, I’m fully confident that that’s a part of our culture forever"
(via @60Minutes)