What to Expect from Cinema in the Coming Years?
An Opinion Piece
Historically, cinema has been suffering from a decline in audience. In other words, the seventh art is regressing. However, never in the history of cinema has there been so much mobilization around films — take Avengers: Endgame, for example. But why do so many critics state so vehemently that, according to them, "cinema is dying"?
To answer this question, we must ask ourselves: what is life in art?
According to childhood teachings, art is human expression. Yet, this is where we fail, because this form of expression has become scarce, rare, even denigrated. The reason for this is simple: artists have lost their sense of purpose and have started seeing art as a market. This isn't wrong — it's merely an ethical debate, conditioned by the market itself, whether external or internal. What I mean is that, no matter where we are, finances have taken over. People need basic rights; for that, the capitalist system makes meritocracy essential. Thus, the artist who once wrote about inner fears no longer sees purpose in that. Instead, they see a waste of time — or rather, they don't feel valued.
Cinema as Capitalized Art
When we stop to think about cinema specifically, the debate becomes even more complex, because within it resides the most capitalized art in the world. Nevertheless, there is a strand of cinema that proves increasingly avant-garde: experimental cinema.
Names like Maya Deren rejuvenated an entire generation of film students, proving that cinema can be part of the market, but cinema is not the market. As proof, we have movements such as the French New Wave, Cinema Novo, and others. These movements studied the true face of the human being, where discomfort stood out precisely because that was — and remains — the global and essential reality of being a living person. By citing these movements, I want to make it clear that this is not about what is or isn't art, but rather about what art can provoke outside the market perspective.
Personality and Polarization
Furthermore, thinkers like Godard reflected many of their political views in their works. This gives personality, gives body to a work. Nowadays, in a completely polarized world — lacking the basic education to even have an honest debate — imposing an artistic vision generates debate. And isn't that magical?
But why is it so rare?
Currently, debates are not about what is or isn't prosperous policy, but rather about segregation. Consider ICE in the US, creating an entire network of intolerance toward immigrants. Imagine a world where shared coexistence is a problem.
We grew up in a world that valued differences as unique characteristics of each human being. Yet, when we reach adulthood, what actually happened?
The Filmmaker and the Fight That Isn't Theirs
Therefore, when a filmmaker today tries to make a film about equality, they have already picked a fight that, in theory, isn't theirs — because a work does not define the artist, and this rule applies to everyone. When we look at the global scene, it becomes even more chaotic.
The issue is not the loss of creativity, but rather the intention behind what will be done with one's work — and, in extreme cases, with the artists themselves.
For this reason, value works more and more, whatever they may be. They carry a context, and that context says more about us than we imagine.
What to Expect from Cinema in the Coming Years?
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It's not about reflecting on quality. It's about understanding that without intention, there will be no change. It's like attracting positive energy: the complexity of feeling alone in a sea of people is nothing more than the sensation that everyone is complaining.
Cinema will undergo a revival — fact. This is already happening with the decline of superhero films. The next stage will be the renaissance of auteur cinema, where names already in the industry will have more and more space.
I say this based on the way the world is moving: with the decline of American hegemony and the rise of China — a country that has valued art as expression since the 1970s. The main question that remains is not "will the US decline in cinema?" but rather "when?".
An Invitation to Reflect
Thus, the intention of this text is to make you think. Think a little about your position in the world, about what you have been consuming, and how that affects your daily life. So: what have you been watching? What does that say about who you truly are and how you think?
PORTUGUÊS:
O Que Esperar do Cinema nos Próximos Anos?
Um Texto de Opinião
O Cinema como Arte Capitalizada
Personalidade e Polarização
O Cineasta e a Luta que Não é Sua
O Que Esperar do Cinema nos Próximos Anos?
Um Convite à Reflexão
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