Actor Jerry Seinfeld, one of the creators and star of the TV series “Seinfeld”, who will soon witness the premiere of his feature film debut, titled “Unfrosted”, claims that “the film industry is over” and the film has been replaced by “confusion “, according to Variety magazine Agerpres.
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Produced by Netflix, this all-star comedy is a fictional account of the creation of Pop-Tarts. In an interview with GQ magazine, Jerry Seinfeld reflected on his experience breaking into film for the first time and so late in his career.
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had already done some interesting stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They are so serious! They have no idea that the movie industry is over. They have no idea” , he said.
Invited to develop this idea on a more serious note, Jerry Seinfeld continued: “The movie no longer occupies the top of the social and cultural hierarchy that it occupied for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good , we were all going to see it. We were all talking about lines and scenes that we liked. Now we’re going through a kind of water hose, just trying to see through it.”
So what, if anything, replaced film? “Depression? Malaise? I’d say confusion. Disorientation has replaced the film industry,” he replied. “Everyone I know in showbiz, every day, is asking, ‘What’s going on? How are you doing this? What should we do now?'”
“I’ve done enough things that I now have an asset of mine that’s more valuable than it’s ever been,” said Jerry Seinfeld, speaking of his career outside the film industry, which is more confusing. “Stand-up is like being a carpenter and everybody needs a guy who knows wood… There are trees everywhere, but to make a beautiful table, it’s not that easy. So the metaphor is that if you have a good craft and a good craftsmanship, you are somewhat impenetrable to the whims of the industry”.
“Audiences are turning to stand-up in large numbers now because it’s something that can’t be faked,” he added. “It’s like a diving platform. You can say you’re a platform diver, but in two seconds we can tell if you are or not. That’s what people like about stand-up. They can trust him. Everything else is false.”
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The sitcom “Seinfeld” proved to be an enduring one well beyond its 1989 debut, subsequently generating other types of revenue even as the landscape of American television changed. That, in part, makes the comedian’s net worth reach $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Jerry Seinfeld recently appeared on the latest episode of Larry David’s HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. The two artists were co-creators of the legendary sitcom “Seinfeld” and reunited in the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to comment on the controversial ending of their popular sitcom, in which the main characters ended up in prison.
A lot of people have criticized Jerry Seinfeld over the years for the way “Seinfeld” ended, and he admitted in an interview with GQ magazine that the ending bothered him “a little bit” all these years .
“I don’t believe in regrets. It’s arrogant to think you could have done anything different. You can’t. That’s why you did what you did. But me and Jeff Schaffer and Larry were sitting around talking about TV series endings and which we thought were great. I think ‘Mad Men’ was the best. The one from ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ was OK was the best TV series finale I’ve ever seen. So funny. And they told me they sat and watched the finale of ‘Seinfeld’ trying to- and figure out what went wrong. And obviously it was about the final scene, which left the protagonists in the prison cell,” revealed Jerry Seinfeld.
The film “Unfrosted” will be broadcast on the Netflix streaming platform starting on May 3.
