Lee appeared last week in Tokyo to accept the prestigious Praemium Imperiale award for his artistic endeavours. Speaking at the cermony (via THR), he says he remains committed to cinema but he worries for its future:
“I haven’t made a movie for six years, and I don’t know where to start again. Cinema needs a drastic change…Movie theaters were our temples, where we were collectively transported. But today, asking someone to put down their smartphone is like asking them to climb Everest barefoot.”
Source: https://www.darkhorizons.com/ang-lee-worries-about-cinemas-future/