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Daniel Day-Lewis

posted a year ago by spacecomedy (2060)
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He's given so many great performances. And he's right about how much the experience of film watching has changed...not really for the better.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-retired-acting-says-hes-done-1235929631/

It sounds like Daniel Day-Lewis is serious about his retirement from acting and won’t be returning, at least according to his longtime director Jim Sheridan. The Irish filmmaker directed three of Day-Lewis’ most prominent films: “My Left Foot” (1989), “In the Name of the Father” (1993) and “The Boxer” (1997). Day-Lewis won the Oscar for best actor with “My Left Foot” and was also nominated for “In the Name of the Father.”

“He says he’s done. I keep talking to him,” Sheridan told ScreenDaily on the topic of Day-Lewis staying retired. “I’d love to do something with him again. He’s like everybody else. He opens up the streamers and there’s seven thousand choices, none of them are good. Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something because he’s so good.”

[–] Zarkoff (2373) a year ago

"Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something because he’s so good.”

This has been true for a long time. Ever since home video became affordable for your average viewer.

[–] spacecomedy (2060) a year ago

But there's a big difference between the VHS/DVD era and the streaming era. Sure, you could pause a tape or a dvd but most people would generally watch the whole film. These days, people have the option of watching 5 minutes of a movie and then moving on to something else. It really does change the experience.

[–] Zarkoff (2373) a year ago

Ah, I see what you're saying. It does make it very easy to move onto something else if you aren't really hooked immediately.

[–] spacecomedy (2060) a year ago

I do genuinely appreciate the variety of streaming, but, yes, I don't feel like I'm as invested as I used to be when I was watching physical media. And I'm still nostalgic for those great theater experiences I had when I was a kid. Those movie experiences really do stand out in my memory.

[–] parkerbot (10625) a year ago

His life, his choice.

But damn, if you could get paid big bucks to pretend...

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

Which is probably the real reason he retired. I’d do a few films on his salary and disappear!

[–] Zarkoff (2373) a year ago

It looks like it'd be fun.

DDL has said he gets so invested in his characters, it's really an oread for him to make a movie, though.

[–] GlenEllyn (21642) a year ago

Who knows? If the right role comes along, he might change his mind, but so far, he's sticking to his decision. Only time will tell if he abides by that decision.

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

All these people so threatened that the consumer has a choice now. No confined to what TV shows or the dozen or so huge films a year.

I loved it when VCR came out and seeing all those films in the libraries to rent. Films I’d never see otherwise. It’s the same now having access in various ways to virtually anything you want to see.

[–] spacecomedy (2060) a year ago

I also loved checking movies out of the library when I was in college and later getting Netflix discs in the mail, but streaming has really changed things. When I was watching physical media I was definitely more invested in choosing it and giving it a chance to develop. That tends to be missing in the streaming era.

[–] Mustang (5568) a year ago

It is more disposable now and I think the enormous amount of new content makes it less valuable too.

[–] Melton (5491) a year ago

Physical media is better than ever. Watching a movie on 4K UHD disc on a quality OLED screen and decent surround speaker setup is incredible, and in some ways superior to cinema.

Yeah streaming might have rotted some attention spans but it’s also allowed filmmakers like Scorsese to make huge 3.5 hour epics like The Irishman and Killer Moon.

The market for good films is still there, now we just need Hollywood to make some new ones instead of endless tedious superhero spin-offs and woke garbage.

[–] capuchin (3358) a year ago

If you're on a streaming service with thousands of options and can't find anything to watch you're either a miserable old curmudgeon or you're subscribed to the wrong streaming service. Someone get Daniel Day Lewis a Criterion subscription before he starts wittering on about it all being superhero movies nowadays.

[–] [deleted] a year ago

i guess he won't do a superhero movie

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13076) a year ago

Thank god.