‘Shawshank Redemption’ star Tim Robbins on the future of cinema: “We’re in big trouble”
Tim Robbins has shared his thoughts on the future of cinema and the current state of Hollywood – see what the actor had to say below.
Robbins – best known for his role in The Shawshank Redemption alongside Morgan Freeman – has long been an esteemed veteran, making his acting debut all the way back in 1982. Since then, he’s gone on to star in classics such as Top Gun, Jungle Fever and Mystic River among many others.
Currently, he’s starring in the Apple TV+‘s sci-fi dystopian series Silo with Rebecca Ferguson. Speaking to The Guardian about the project and his career, he voiced his concerns for the future of the industry.
According to Robbins, the future of Hollywood is bleak if it continues to be dictated by streaming platforms and how well movies that are recommended to viewers based on algorithms perform: “You go on Netflix right now, you see what films are coming out and you tell me that that’s the future of cinema? We’re in big trouble.”
To further drive his point across, he reiterated that he thinks high-quality films will still succeed and create a lasting impact, but that it’ll be far less frequent than the pre-streaming era.
“We’re at 30 years now [on from] Shawshank Redemption,” said. “When it came out it got good reviews, it got nominated for Academy awards, but nobody saw it. It was VHS and [Ted] Turner playing it on his television channel [Turner Classic Movies] that changed that. That is a beloved movie. It remains on top of IMDb as the most favoured movie of all time. So I know that a quality movie, a quality television show, will last. Whether it’s a hit or not is irrelevant compared to what people are going to think about it in 10, 15, 20 years.”
In a four-star review of Silo, James Mottram wrote for NME: “Silo season two doesn’t attempt anything too outlandish, fully aware that its enigma is what keeps us coming back. The mix of paranoia and politics makes for intriguing seasoning over a sci-fi show that plays into our fears of the post-apocalyptic wilderness. And with Ferguson again in resolute form, building on her stellar work in the first season, Silo is a tantalising prospect, simply begging you to wrestle with its mysteries. It’s more than worth it.”
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