EntertainmentIn 2008, David Lynch spoke about the ‘end of cinema’ on Roda Viva, on TV Cultura

The director and screenwriter David Lynchresponsible for successes such as Blue Velvet (1986), City of Dreams (2002) and the series Twin Peaks (1990), died at the age of 78 last Thursday (16). In 2024, the filmmaker revealed that, because of years of smoking, he had been diagnosed with pulmonary emphysema, which prevented him from returning to work.

However, many years before the diagnosis, in 2008, the North American came to Brazil in 2008 to publicize his experience with transcendental meditation and the importance of it in his creative process on the Roda Viva program, on TV Cultura.

End of cinema

In conversation, Lynch he also talked about the future of cinema, the drop in attendance and DVD sales, and how the arrival of the internet would forever change the way we consume films.

“The film, although on celluloid, is big, heavy and slow, which reminds me of dinosaurs slowly disappearing”, highlighted the director at the time, anticipating that the internet was getting faster and faster and that everything would migrate to the web. Check it out in the following excerpt:

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with the maestro João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for Oscar 2025 and the release radar of Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:

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