The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan has offered his thoughts on the “immediate and harsh” judgment of “AI slop” from younger audiences.
The filmmaker behind The Dark Knight trilogy and Oppenheimer opened up about the response to the controversial technology during an interview with The Telegraph. With just one week to go until his adaptation of the Greek epic comes to theaters, he spoke about how moviegoers have recently shown up for success stories like Backrooms and Obsession.
“This is why I never bought into the arguments that young audiences’ attention spans are too fried to enjoy a three-hour Greek epic,” Nolan said, referencing his version of The Odyssey. “Those films are so mysterious and ruminative. I mean, parts of Backrooms are like David Lynch at his most obscure. And yet young people can’t get enough of them.”
Both low-budget horror films, which proved to be box office successes in the weeks following their respective premieres, received praise for their reliance on practical effects and sets. As artificial intelligence continues to make heads spin online, Nolan commented on why he believes younger audiences are growing increasingly disinterested in virtual environments.
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