Blanchett defends cinema as serials thrive
VALENCIA (AFP) – Double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett on Saturday made a passionate defense of cinema in the face of competition from the serial format during Saturday’s Goya Awards, Spain’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Speaking hours before the star-studded gala in the Spanish city of Valencia, where she received the Spanish Film Academy’s first-ever International Goya Award, the Australian actress warned against the danger of falling into a single creative model.
“We have to be very cautious... that we allow ourselves to think big, ambitious ideas, that we don’t start becoming slaves to the serialized form,” she told a news conference in the eastern port city. “Because that has a profound effect on the way we view story, on the way we view character and the way we view cinematic experience.”