Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes and Damien Chazelle are all set to release their own celebrations of cinema, but these movies often show up the chasm in taste between industry types and the public
), wistful nostalgia-fest – but one thing tends to unite the lot: they’re far more popular with industry insiders than paying audiences.
On the one hand, that shouldn’t be surprising: filmmakers making films about filmmaking will inevitably lead us towards pub-bore territory. But, given how there are countless great songs about music, or plays about theatre, or books about writing, it seems odd that films about cinema are so tricky to get right.
It’s no coincidence that this triple-whammy will arrive at the height of awards season: movies about movies have always gone down a treat with voting panels made up of industry veterans who get all the references and understand every last wilfully obscure in-joke. It’s also why these films often work the critics into a five-star frenzy.
Nothing wrong with that: part of the magic of pop culture is its ability to engineer an in-crowd who feel that an artwork is speakingIt does, however, mean that critical consensus can find itself spectacularly out of sync with the public at large.
Mendes and Spielberg’s films, on the other hand, will aim to strike a more earnest, more personal note. Both are part of the longstanding “love-letter to the movies” tradition that eschews biting wit in favour of heartfelt nostalgia.
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