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Yeah. It\u2019s a commitment before you even start.<\/p>\n
I wonder if people realize that may be part of why they hesitate, because it\u2019s almost like breaking an addiction for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n And the funny thing is, the intermission is a little bit of bait that makes people go, \u201cI\u2019m prepared to deal with three and a half hours because there\u2019s this cool intermission thing in the middle. What\u2019s that going to feel like?\u201d It\u2019s as if they\u2019re going to go on some new ride they\u2019ve not experienced, when really they\u2019re just going to walk out and go to the loo and buy some M&Ms and have a quick chat about the first half.<\/p>\n But I do think we\u2019re in the middle of a pendulum swing when it comes to the industry and moviegoing. I know the difficulties that exist in even getting a film off the ground, so when I watch something and go, \u201cAh, it wasn\u2019t really for me,\u201d I still come away going, \u201cOh my God, I have such appreciation for the fact that you even did that.\u201d<\/p>\n Because you know too well how precarious things can be.<\/strong><\/p>\n How does anyone get any film made these days? This falls apart, that falls apart, you can\u2019t get this actor, the money falls away. I\u2019ll get offered something out of the blue and they go, \u201cNo, no, we\u2019ve always really wanted you. We start next week.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOK, Paul Bettany just pulled out, obviously.\u201d But you just do it. You get on board.<\/p>\n It\u2019s funny, because for a number of years, I had people saying to me, \u201c\u2018L.A. Confidential\u2019 was the last movie of its kind and \u2018Memento\u2019 was the first movie of its kind,\u201d this new style of Chris Nolan filmmaking. To be part of those two worlds that were only three years apart was pretty cool, really. And so now, again, to be in the middle of this snappy generation with a three-and-a-half hour movie that everybody\u2019s talking about, I\u2019m so curious to see how that looks in a few years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n