As Hollywood prepares to celebrate the Oscars on Sunday, movie theaters are trying to lure back audiences that have been streaming films at home for over a year. Some cinemas have closed permanently while others are trying to recover and hope that a string of delayed blockbusters will produce a moviegoing rebound.
Reuters asked actors, directors, writers and producers what they see for the future of cinemas. Their replies have been edited for length and clarity.
Director James Cameron
“I do think what we’ll see when we do return to the cinema is that films that celebrate that particular art form of sitting in a dark room with a bunch of strangers and looking at a very large …
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