The director of the season's movie believes that AI "destroys the purpose of making cinema"

Backrooms is the movie of the season. With a budget of 10 million, it has made 135 million at the box office so far, and with extraordinary critical reception and notable audience reception, the film is set to be one of the movies of the year.

In addition to turning its very young director, Kane Parsons, who is only 20 years old, into one of the great revelations of cinema. He is also already making headlines for his completely contrarian opinions on AI in cinema.

Generative AI no, thanks

In a recent interview with The Australian, the director stated that regarding AI, he considers himself to be “in the same place as most people with their heads on their shoulders”: he does not want Hollywood, or any other industry, to start using AI. Stating that “if I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would,” Parsons seems to have very clear ideas about it.

In fact, it hasn’t stopped there. Stating that “generative AI feels less like innovation and more like a symptom of a greater cultural and economic corruption,” he has made his opinion on AI very clear. But he also wants to explore it in his work. He has said that “I am interested in using that iconography in art — not using AI to create the art itself, but examining what it represents,” hinting at where his upcoming projects may lead after the overwhelming success of his debut.

This contrasts with the recent statements by Martin Scorsese, stating that we must be open to AI, because cinema is a young medium and we should not close ourselves off to its possible evolutions. Demonstrating that there is a clear difference in how this technology is perceived generationally. And not necessarily in the age relationship that we would normally expect.