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Cary Fukunaga, the bright young filmmaker who first caught the indie film world’s attention in 2009 with Sin Nombre, fielded questions about the future of film and distribution at the Tribeca Film Festival Director Series Talk. In this clip, Fukunaga explains the difficulties filmmakers go through in making the decision to release their film on a digital or online platform and releasing it in the cinema at the same time. Fukunaga discusses how his latest film is designed to be a film experienced with a group of strangers collectively in the dark. He shares his own personal experiences watching movies, explaining how experiencing a movie in the cinema is "100 percent more immersive” than watching it at home. At the cinema, the viewers can put their entire focus on the story, and eliminate distractions. He adds how Netflix and other online platforms, are entirely changing the art from of filmmaking and movie watching and ultimately leading to the "death of cinema." Read more: https://tribecafilm.com/stories/cary-fukunaga-and-james-schamus-talk-netflix-it-tribeca-film-festival-2015 For everything Tribeca, head over to tribecafilm.com and follow us: https://twitter.com/TribecaFilmFest https://instagram.com/tribeca
