Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Is cinema dead?
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Yes, cinema is dead

This position holds that cinema as a distinct art and a shared public experience has ended, surviving as content on domestic screens while the theatrical form that gave the medium its grammar and its audience has lost both.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. The theatre was the form, and the audience has left it
  2. What is made now is content, and content is a different thing