As far as late-career filmmaking goes, Boyle is far more in tune with the material reality of our world as it stands right now.
Everything IS fucked and it is here to stay, yet you've gotta love regardless.
I used to tell myself “maybe they're going through something” to justify the way people treated me. But then I realised I was going through a lot too, and I still never treated anyone that way.
I’m sorry, but Nolan, Spielberg, and any other filmmaker championing the theatrical experience needs to visit a theater outside of New York and LA and see the state 99% of them are in.
I say this as somebody who goes every week, but the situation is bleak.