THE FUTURE OF THE MOVIES 1990

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

If you are ever in the Minneapolis area check out a theater called the Heights Theater. Once a year they show Lawrence of Arabia. It's a wonderful event. They have an old fashioned Hammond organ that rises from the stage and they play the Lawrence theme on it before, during intermission and after. It's quite an event. (Coming up on Valentine's Day they are showing Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

[@captaintrashbag]

I loved watching this. Siskel and Ebert's film journalism remains unparalleled to this day.

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

Captain Trashbag and why? because they loved the medium which they reviewed

[@ObnoxiousandAnonymous]

I was the original uploader of this video from a DVD rip of my VHS. Thanks for uploading again!

[@BuzzKirill3D]

+Obnoxious and Anonymous thanks.

[@thegoldentroll]

I actually uploaded it before you, so...

[@aNightmaresRequiem]

Trying to take credit lul

[@ObnoxiousandAnonymous]

@@aNightmaresRequiem It was.

[@aNightmaresRequiem]

@@ObnoxiousandAnonymous I believe ya buddy.

[@KosmosDream]

Soon it’ll be 11 years for Roger and 25 years for Gene since they both passed away.

[@jayreed9630]

May the both RIP

[@moonlitdevil_princess6827]

Turns out, Scorsese beat Spielberg to the Howard Hughes biopic. ;)

[@house684]

Every major filmmaker wanted to make that movie

[@prilljazzatlanta5070]

I still think that would have made a better Spielberg based on the subject matter and the fact that Leo, who made a push for this project, worked great with Spielberg in catch me if you can. That being said I do love The Aviator.

[@jacobadams5924]

@@prilljazzatlanta5070 woulda been partial to Nolan's Jim Carrey take....

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

And it was boring

[@deckofcards87]

I wish this special - and in fact, all of S&E's episodes from Sneak Previews onwards - be released in their original broadcast quality. Their work together was beyond just soundbite entertainment, it's highly valuable stuff for cinema buffs.

[@matthewgaffney1955]

@17:25 lol the balls on Gene

[@samuelbarber6177]

Yes, imagine, Steven Spielberg showing his dark side in the ‘90s... Imagine...

[@PowerGlove79]

I could listen to Martin Scorsese talk about films and filmmaking for hours. His passion is infectious

[@cultclassicvideodiaries]

They was pretty much right on point about HD T.V.’s and they wouldn’t become a common household thing for about another 15-20 years.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Scorsese’s period drama about unrequited love, that he mentions he’s at the end stages of working on here in 1990, is the absolutely incredible film “The Age Of Innocence”. It’s quite unlike any other film he’s ever made. Which was a real risk for him at the time as he was considered a “gritty” filmmaker; yet he took a leap of faith with this film, and it marked a real branching out in his storytelling, as beginning right here with this film, he began testing his deeper depths and brave,y coming out of his mold. It’s one of my favorite period pieces films of all time (I love it most for its sweeping period drama, the masterful dialogue and direction, the performances the stuff as legends are made of, and it’s costuming is absolutely gorgeous), and the fact Scorsese made it at all, let alone at this time period, is rather remarkable. I believe it was this film that paved the way, and gave him the courage, to make Gangs Of New York, another good period film in his filmography. But he truly knocked it out of the park with Age Of Innocence, as did Daniel Day Lewis, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer. I don’t think there is a subject or genre he couldn’t handle brilliantly.

[@usctrojans001]

Fascinating Interviews! Favorite Line is at 23:58 from Steven Spielberg "That we Don't know what's out there, and yet we should Discover what's out there. We shouldn't be afraid of not knowing and we should take a step towards what we don't understand" Wow! Thank You Siskel for getting Spielberg to show his True Colors!

[@MJagger89]

Wow! The predictions are ahead of their time.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Steven Spielberg: wanted to make a film about Howard Hughes Martin Scorsese: actually DID go on to make a film about Howard Hughes (“The Aviator”) George Lucas: Star Wars, then Star Wars……then Star Wars….. ….and finally STAR WARS 😂🤣

[@clarkcoffey8261]

Love the fast-forwards. Good ol' VHS!

[@ObnoxiousandAnonymous]

+Clark Coffey (54-40 Films) You're welcome.

[@PuzzleProjectorBlog]

Always say yes to VHS! :D

[@Mr22thou]

Yeah, I got a chuckle out of that. Ha, ha.

[@classicvideogoodies]

This is one of 3 network TV specials S&E did in the 90s. The other two were "Actors on Acting," with Jodie Foster, Bruce Willis, and Michael Caine; and "New Black Cinema," with Spike Lee, John Singleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and Wesley Snipes. S&E was at the height of their popularity then when they got all these prime-time network appearances.

[@jedijones]

They did more specials than that.

[@Coltronix]

I'm so sad that's over, I could have watched for another 10 hours - thanks for posting. I always somehow end up feeling sorry for George, I know he's arguably the most successful financially, but I always get the impression he wanted to make more films than he did (and more "out there" films at that), but just got artistically crippled by the success of Star Wars. Plus he always comes across like the little kid brother of Spielberg/Scorsese/Coppola.

[@delavalmilker]

Why isn't this available on original quality DVD? Or even streaming? So much of Siskel and Ebert is either unavailable, or only on crappy off-the-air recordings. Their book that accompanied this sells for a scalper's price of $275 on Amazon. Siskel and Ebert are a treasure trove for cinephiles. Sometimes, I think the movie industry is trying to suppress them (?)

[@colliric]

Lol. Scorsese ended up making the Howard Hughes film...

[@JohnboyJoestar]

Spielberg hadn't even made Jurassic Park yet 🤯

[@Locadel2003]

He was already a legend here....Jaws, Duel, E.T., Indiana jones trilogy, Color purple, Empire of the sun, Close encounters of the third kind......all excellent movies

[@Ken_Scaletta]

Scorcese sill hasn't really ever had a blockbuster. Goodfellas is a top ten movie of all time, though.

[@sonnyblack0870]

Ken Scaletta True but he’s come a lot closer since this interview with his movies The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, and Wolf of Wall Street basically in sequence and all doing over 200mil.

[@Kevincarlloven]

Hugo made 200 million and wolf of wall street made 400 million, thats pretty block bustery

[@spb7883]

He’s not that kind of filmmaker, and thank god he isn’t.

[@positional_play]

@@Kevincarlloven Hugo was a box office bomb.

[@Kevincarlloven]

@@positional_play it made almost 200 million but I didn't realize it cost that much too

[@mccallosone4903]

"first and foremost, better stories" yeah steven, we wish

[@SaintMartins]

Spielberg in 1990: "i hope i'm never accused of making "an adult movie". Also Spielberg: The Color Purple (1985), Always (1989), Schindler's List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012) Siskel in 1990: In terms of genre, what haven't you done that is on your check list? Scorsese: "Romance".... "With costumes". Siskel & Ebert: ( laughs ) Scorsese: ( The Age Of Innocence 1993 ) 5 Oscar nominations/ 1 win 4 Golden Globe nominations/ 1 win 4 BAFTA nominations/ 1 win Lucas in 1990: "the cost of doing these movies has gone completely through the roof".... "within 5 years the computer technology will be cheaper than the old fashion way" (true dat)

[@steveprice2718]

If you look at the cost of making computer generated imagery films, they are astronomical! It's nauseating!

[@greggybada]

@@steveprice2718 it's not that simple... there's a lot of variables...

[@ludwik7326]

I see a lot of people discrediting George Lucas here, I honestly think that's a shame, Lucas may not have been as prolific as a director as Spielberg or Scorcese, but he is an important figure of cinema and has every right to be interviewed on the matter

[@MrJonnyPepper]

i like it when they talk about americas funniest home videos

[@Lexman509]

I miss movies and television of the 90s.

[@oddjob914]

There’s a very good chance you can find that stuff on KZbin.

[@HumanBeanbag]

Oh god no, please, not George Lucas 😂

[@Camelkore]

Spielberg's hairdo is worth checking out (and emulating).

[@GlennDavey]

I love the ad at 12:00 for Disney bringing Star Wars and Muppets to their theme park. We know how that (eventually) went

[@Ken_Scaletta]

Interesting that Spielberg said he wanted to make a movie about Howard Hugh. Scorcese is the one who ended up doing t with Leo as Hughs. It wasn't as good as Scorcese's best movies, but it was still pretty good. I think Cate Blanchett got a statue for playing Katherine Hepburn.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Was just going to post the same, that Scorcese directed _The Aviator_ in the 00s.

[@gordonowens7794]

I don't know why George Lucas is included, when Buddy Wilder was still alive.

[@mikec6111]

Spielberg: I don’t wanna run a production studio….

[@Chris25698]

Good special, didn't know they were talking about HDTV in 1990 (didn't get my first HD set until 2009). Lucas though is a bit out of place because while he definitely wrote and produced things he hadn't directed a film since the 1st Star Wars 13 years before. Against Scorsese in particular, probably the greatest living filmmaker we have, he's just not in the same class.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Lucas, I think, didn't like directing. But I think the point is they were contemporaries. I was thinking, where's John Hughes and Tim Burton?

[@MacIntoshMann]

Well perhaps, but he is now and was then one of the highest grossing, most popular and recognisable directors who has ever lived, whose work (up to that point at least) had been greeted with strong critical acclaim and received many Oscar noms. Plus with Industrial Light and Magic being the industry force that they are, he was much better positioned than Scorsese to speak with real authority about the future of filmmaking from a technological standpoint. So no, not out of place at all, I don’t think. His contributions were valuable and I enjoyed the discussion of America’s Funniest Home Videos!

[@SWATTECHNOLOGIES]

It's quite amazing to now go on IMDB and look at credits post 1990. When you look at Spielberg, you see enormous output with many more fine movies (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, etc). With Scorsese we see Goodfellas, The Irishman, Etc.). However, with Lucas you see a rehashing of Indy/Star Wars glory days, but very little new original output. Some creators can have one giant explosion of cinema greatness and struggle to ever match it, and that's what I see with Lucas.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Lucas was very good at creating two franchises based on Saturday morning serials. Maybe if he'd done another one? Superman was already in production during _Star Wars._ So maybe if he'd done _Shazam!_ which was once a more popular comic book than _Superman._

[@greggybada]

george has influenced cinema more than anyone else combined... even without counting his movies... big directors today wouldn't even be directors if it wasn't for george...

[@elonif4125]

@@greggybadaBut did he influence it for the better?

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

The VHS fast forwarding through the commercials is a nice touch!

[@sonnyblack0870]

George Lucas predicted the future of movies better than Spielberg & Scorsese. He pretty much nailed it.

[@GlennDavey]

George was just laying out his evil plans to destroy cinema forever

[@greggybada]

@@GlennDavey george resuscitated cinema... and you probably don't even know how to use film...

[@GlennDavey]

Oof. I'm a film photographer@@greggybada. Always risky making assumptions about strangers on the internet there, Greggy

[@thelostone6981]

“Three great directors…”….well, let’s be honest; 2 great directors and one lucky S.O.B. who had other people fix Star Wars that helped him create a very good special effects company.

[@mctapoutos7426]

And Spielberg end up producing movies he don't like... HOW EMBARRASSING

[@golightning291]

If 2020 gave us an E.T. sequel: E.T. 2- Covid Boogaloo Also, nice unintended pun from George lol 26:58

[@Marnie29x2]

Thank you for posting this! I came looking for it after reading Opposable Thumbs by Matt Singer.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Marty at this age looks like the guy in Die Hard "Hans ...boobie...I'm your WHITE KNIGHT" 🤣

[@FranzSanchez-ky9up]

The opening of this documentary should tell you all you need to know about the difference between these three directors ; Spielberg has a huge part of the Universal backlot to play with, Lucas has his own ranch... Scorsese has an office in a towerblock somewhere in Times Square. One is like a public servant of cinema, the other two are company men peddling their own industry.

[@FranzSanchez-ky9up]

I will agree with you on that. I don't think Lucas quite realized that Disney would end up running his life's work into the ground. Star Wars doesn't feel special in the way that it did.@@lucienswift447

[@jothishprabu8]

George Lucas is overrated

[@michaelkuhlman883]

Film preservation: It's especially enticing when studios see a monetary incentive in re-releasing their classic films! New generations are discovering classic films, on the big screen and on higher-res home video formats like 4K!

[@zetetick395]

Here we see the early seeds of modern CGI Nice final message there, both of them politely skirting around Howard the Duck.

[@natedoggcata]

They were about 20-30 years early on that HDTV prediction, but now its 4KTV and people not wanting to go to the theaters because they can just watch it at home with streaming

[@garrettsears8437]

In 2024 I don't go to the theaters anymore. Doesn't have to do with the light or quality of the picture or sound and everything to do with the fact that people don't shut the hell up anymore.

[@2taggs2]

Scorsese started the 90's with a bang! Spielberg overall dominated the 90's ('93-98). Lucus was irrelevant.

[@sandal_thong8631]

_Star Wars: Special Edition_ sold a lot of tickets and helped fund _The Phantom Menace._

[@kurtanglina7419]

spielberg had an emo hair cut

[@filmgirlLisa]

It's amazing watching these guys predict what is now completely normal.

[@sandal_thong8631]

They had episodes pushing Laserdisc and widescreen/letterbox for VHS, but it was HDTV, with the public buying better televisions that improved TV and movies at home.

[@kkampy4052]

Anyone else notice Genesis playing on the HDTV demo?

[@DandyLion662a]

Yeah, I thought I saw Phil Collins on drums there. But he wasn't their drummer in 1990 so I'm not sure.

[@dustinneely]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@mercop1472]

This is my favorite Ebert and Siskel review. Fantastic.

[@belstar1128]

25:00 this is similar to discussions about video game preservation now

[@dipakchowdhury31]

Those intervals between ads get shorter and shorter.

[@Nay-kp6uu]

This is astounding. They predicted HDTV and knew it wasn't going to be right for about ten years

[@greggybada]

HDTV was already out outside america... japan was already using it in the 80s... it was just not common in households...

[@tedkier3264]

Am i the only man on God's green earth that felt E.T. sucked?

[@eargasm1072]

well, you have to have a heart to enjoy or appreciate it, I assume you don't qualify

[@danorthsidemang3834]

Hell no you're not. I hate the shit out of all of Schlemielberg's "films", especially Gay.T.

[@einarvalentinoronn9870]

E.T is an awful movie,i hate it.

[@Locadel2003]

3:55 and he was right 7:05 he did

[@sitenookery5146]

High Definition Television?!? Ridiculous!

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Who are all these young guys?

[@randycunningham7318]

Such sweet, likeable men.

[@sha11235]

And Spielberg and Scorcese would eventually become Oscar winners.

[@DenverDeathrock]

...and George Lucas would become a multi billionaire.

[@kevinnavarro2180]

7:00 - 7:29 turned out to be The Age of Innocence

[@BookClubDisaster]

teasing The Age Of innocence

[@steveprice2718]

Spielberg would eat his own words. Schindler's List, and Lincoln obviously has shown he "has" mellowed through the years. Scorsese would achieve his dream also the year SL came out with Age of Innocence.

[@shakeemwinn3647]

The future is pretty grim.

[@seanodeli7031]

As a kid I watched this just becuz George Lucas was gonna talk about a new Star Wars movie Well when the gods want to punish us they answer our prayers 7 movies more animated series straight to Disney plus tv shows and really not much good there

[@zetetick395]

34:50 And there you have it.

[@michaelandrews1134]

Please god lets us go back to the 90s. You know good know where we had peace and prosperity along with excellent movies.

[@Nay-kp6uu]

The Future is Now

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

interesting video and how much has changed and through preservation of classic movies and high resolution scans and technology and the visionary of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

May 21st, 1990.

[@mauriceortiz8817]

Thank you for uploading and effort in fast forwarding through commercials. Good on you.

[@lars7282]

Man - Star Wars was only 13 years old. And Jurassic Park came out only 3 years later

[@jslol4]

What a fun watch. Just finding your channel and really enjoying it, thanks.

[@iFreeThink]

They'll also buy anything in every merchandise/Tour.

[@-dash]

These have been my three favorite directors for my entire life. Thanks for the upload!

[@Pietje_Piraat]

thank you for uploading this. Its great that someone recorded this for the future archive.

[@cmd6008]

i predicted they will make alot of marvel movies and Thanos will be the main bad guy

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Sorry boys it sucks compared to what it was.

[@kennymac8949]

I actually don’t care who did but thanks to you all anyway…

[@Clay3613]

Spielberg was absolutely right, you have to go back to the negatives for preservation and storage of movies. Digital and other formats will never truly last as long.

[@otakurocklee]

What do you mean? Digital lasts forever 100%. It's just computer memory. No degradation.

[@Clay3613]

@@otakurocklee Digital formats can become incompatible on newer systems.

[@lw3646]

@@Clay3613 that will be true for old films. Most new films now are shot and released digitally so long term there will need to be some kind of agreed universal standard for storing digital films.

[@sandal_thong8631]

This was 1990, before digital. I think film preserved digitally will work. Of course they're talking about film from the 1930s going forward.

[@eargasm1072]

Now we know the future of the movies...straight to streaming or to the trash bin of celluloid history!

[@amazingandrew3193]

Man, someone should restore this footage...

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

High quality viewing of movie = quiet theater!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

38:31 Robert Urich on Bayer comercial :(

[@greyeyed123]

In my day we watched movies on a rock and played them on a potato. And we liked it.

[@DerHoschi]

Why fast forward the "old commercials"?

[@tolbydamit]

Spielberg's hair.

[@punchtalestudio]

To think that both of them died from horrific cancer is really weird

[@iFreeThink]

Alien fads.

[@sinsofmemphisto7809]

Thank you.

[@byronwelichko8577]

24:50 Hahahaha!

[@matthewgaffney1955]

@3:58 0_o

[@steveprice2718]

Who will wager that the "hair" on Spielberg's head is a rug?

[@ZyxthePest]

I don't think so. The way it's sitting in the front looks sloppy and natural, like he just rolled out of bed. These days, maybe, but back then? I'd wager to bet no. Dude did have a bald spot in the back, though, reportedly.

[@andrewbrookes7025]

The person doing the most "futuristic" things in film at the time this special was made was James Cameron. They should've had him on.

[@samuelstephens6163]

Andrew Brookes he was catching up with Spielberg. Aliens was following Ridley Scott and The Abyss was helped by Lucas. The Terminator was a great experiment, but it was an action movie with rubber faces and a clunky puppet. Terminator 2 is two years away. But your point is well taken.

[@steveprice2718]

Had Cameron emerged in the 70's, he would have been on, I think 🤔

[@bluethunder7391]

Ok..great upload...NOW re-upload and don't fast foward the commercials or the era..That is part of the nostalgia.

[@HooverTuber]

During the 1990s, Scorsese gives us "GoodFellas," Spielberg gives us "Schindler's List" - and what does Lucas give us? The horrible digital updates to the original Star Wars Trilogy. He doesn't fit into this TV special, quite frankly, as a director in my opinion.

[@ebinrock]

+Sean Hoover Eh, I agree with you about George Lucas not being a renowned director; he's been more of a film technologist over the years. But as such, he's a perfect interviewee for this show since the discussion is at least in part about the future of filmmaking technology, and he and his companies have pretty much led the way more than any other in fundamentally changing the way movies are made.

[@HooverTuber]

Absolutely! But not during the 90s. In fact, you can make a good argument that his CGI effects for the re-released special editions were not as good as other films of the time. Not to mention how he screwed them up in general.

[@blinkzone1]

+Sean Hoover No to disrespect but imo In a way Lucas does fit with Scorsese and Spielberg because he started the use of visual effects. Lucas "Star Wars" (a watershed picture) changed the way of Hollywood filmmaking.

[@ebinrock]

George Lucas didn't tinker w/Star Wars until 1997. This show was done in 1990.

[@blinkzone1]

But he has built ILM since then @ the Lucas ranch.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I loved S&E in the day, but I haven't been to a theater since SW II (2002?) and haven't watched any movie made since around 2014. Somehow it makes me feel like a superior human being.

[@mockturtlesuppe]

Why on earth would you feel superior about that?

[@MartinSage]

I'm not impressed with ANY of these Directors! Only thx1138 by Lucas got my interest.