Robert De Niro took a moment to slam what he sees as pervasive political falsehood as he accepted the Cinéma Verité Award at CinemaCon’s closing event.“Cinema audiences are returning to your theaters in droves.
I wish verité was having a renaissance to. But this is a tough time. We have big untruths, like Ukraine doesn’t exist except as part of Russia, or Trump won the 2020 elections,” he said, taking a swipe at U.S.
House Minority Leader for backtracking on recorded comments. “I heard you, Kevin McCarthy. You said it.”The Big Screen Achievement awards closed out the annual confab, which celebrated the return of movies and moviegoers after a Covid drought and previewed what’s coming.“I’m not sure we need movie theaters any more,” said De Niro to hoots and laughter from cinema executives. “I mean, who needs big screens?
I’m just f-cking with you.” He noted that the he older he gets, the better he looks on tiny screens. “But that weakens the drama and the comedy and ruins the experience.
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