Empire Of Light Director Sam Mendes Explains How The Pandemic Helped Inspire The Film

Dec 9 2022 by /Film

 

The new film "Empire of Light" by Sam Mendes ("Skyfall," "1917") is a love letter to the cinema. Many of us who live for movies remember the first time we were entranced by the projector's light and the theater's darkness, transporting us to another world along with a sea of strangers. It stars Olivia Colman ("The Crown"), Michael Ward ("The Old Guard"), Colin Firth ("The Staircase"), and Toby Jones ("Finding Neverland").

The modern film experience has changed a lot since the early 1980s,...

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