{"id":2229473,"date":"2024-04-24T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-rips-modern-day-films-the-movie-business-is-over\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:09:28","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-rips-modern-day-films-the-movie-business-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-seinfeld-rips-modern-day-films-the-movie-business-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld criticizes current films: &#8220;The era of movies is done."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjerry-seinfeld-rips-modern-day-films-the-movie-business-is-over%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jerry Seinfeld, in a recent interview with GQ magazine, proclaimed the film industry&#8217;s demise. He shared this view \u2062while promoting\u200d his upcoming Netflix movie, set to premiere in two weeks.\u2063 Seinfeld&#8217;s directorial debut, \u2063&#8221;Unfrosted,&#8221; starring \u200dHugh Grant, Christian Slater, Melissa McCarthy, \u2063and others, humorously depicts the breakfast pastry\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ronald-regans-former-secretary-of-state-george-p-schultz-dies-at-100\/\" title=\"Ronald Regan\u2019s Former Secretary Of State George P. Schultz Dies At 100\">arms race<\/a>. The comedian emphasized a shift in storytelling mediums but reiterated his dedication to stand-up \u200ccomedy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entertainment\/\">  Entertainment <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 12:58pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Jerry Seinfeld declared the film business dead and buried during a recent interview with GQ magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the comic and former star of his eponymous hit NBC sitcom made the declaration as he promoted his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire\">upcoming film<\/a> which will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/netflix-plans-withhold-key-metric-shareholders-streaming-titan-hiding-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerry-seinfeld-gives-vicious-pro-palestinian-protesters-exact-response-deserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 69-year-old<\/a> New Yorker will make his directorial debut on May 3 when \u201cUnfrosted\u201d drops online.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/life-liberty-and-the-ufc\/\" title=\"Life, Liberty, And The UFC\">film features<\/a> an ensemble cast, including stars such as Seinfeld, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dwarf-actor-criticizes-wonka-casting-hugh-grant-oompa-loompa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugh Grant<\/a>, Christian Slater, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Peter Dinklage \u2013 just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy is about the arms race between Kellogg\u2019s and Post to create a shelf-stable breakfast pastry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfrosted\u201d doesn\u2019t look like it takes itself too seriously, which is probably a good thing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pko2QB3ImFE?si=hYclFT6oAQdzngQp\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But Seinfeld told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/jerry-seinfeld-gq-hype?utm_medium=social&#038;mbid=social_twitter&#038;utm_brand=gq&#038;utm_social-type=owned&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GQ<\/a> on Monday that he no longer considers film a serious medium for storytelling \u2013 and he doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s alone.<\/p>\n<p>While the comedian praised the people he worked with while directing his first movie, he ultimately deduced they were each unaware that the clock for them was running out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you a fan of Seinfeld?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was totally new to me,\u201d he said of the filmmaking process. \u201cI thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, he hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oh-no-hollywood-writers-learn-tough-lesson-following-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the film industry<\/a> with a harsh observation that is difficult to argue against.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re so dead serious!\u201d he said of people in Hollywood. \u201cThey don\u2019t have any idea that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martin-scorsese-hits-back-the-art-of-cinema-is-being-devalued\/\" title=\"Martin Scorsese Hits Back: The Art Of Cinema Is Being Devalued\">movie business<\/a> is over. They have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, he was asked to elaborate on the comment and Seinfeld did just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFilm doesn\u2019t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,\u201d he told GQ. \u201cWhen a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we\u2019re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld then divulged his opinion that modern film is dead or dying wasn\u2019t just an observation but an opinion he reached after speaking with people in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone I know in show business, every day, is going,\u00a0\u2018What\u2019s going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The death of film as America has known it doesn\u2019t bother Seinfeld, either. He made it clear he always has something to fall back on in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-new-hampshire-speech-turns-stand-comedy-skit-bidens-expense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stand-up comedy<\/a> that first got him noticed in the late 1980s \u2013 before NBC gave him the keys to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/13-seinfeld-jokes-snowflakes-suddenly-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a show about nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it\u2019s ever been,\u201d Seinfeld said. \u201cStand-up is like you\u2019re a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who\u2019s good with wood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld also said he believed people tend to view comedy as more authentic than scripted film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudiences are now flocking to stand-up because it\u2019s something you can\u2019t fake,\u201d he told GQ. \u201cThat\u2019s what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to argue against the fact that the era of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/one-blockbuster-stands-head-shoulders-competition-easter-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the blockbuster<\/a> is as dead and gone as Blockbuster Video. Studios rarely put out films anymore that appeal to the masses, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/year-flopbuster-2023s-10-biggest-box-office-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a long list of 2023 flops<\/a> clearly demonstrates.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-22\/jerry-seinfeld-net-worth-tops-1-billion-thanks-to-sitcom?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a billionaire<\/a>, Seinfeld can speak the obvious about his own industry in ways others probably cannot and at almost age 70, he\u2019s already a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-places-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-amid-coup\/\" title=\"Biden admin. places sanctions on Myanmar military leaders amid coup\">made man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What is Hollywood going to do to him, take away his \u201cSeinfeld\u201d royalties?<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. 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