Our Film Critic on Why He’s Done With the Movies

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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A.O. Scott started as a film critic at The New York Times in January of 2000. Next month he will move to the Book Review as a critic at large. After 23 years as a film critic, Mr. Scott discusses why he is done with the movies, and what his decision reveals about the new realities of American cinema. Guest: A.O. Scott, a longtime film critic for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	Hey Tony.
0:04.1	Hi.
0:05.1	Hope you're not too cold.
0:06.1	No, not at all.
0:07.1	How are you?
0:08.1	I'm good.
0:09.1	I'm good.
0:10.1	I just addressed you as Tony, but most people will know you as Aosgot Chief Film Critic
0:15.9	at the New York Times.
0:17.7	Yes.
0:18.7	And can you describe where we are and what we're doing here?
0:22.4	Yeah.
0:23.4	So we're at Madison Avenue outside of the building that currently houses the Sony screening
0:30.7	The Sony screening room used to be about exactly 30 blocks north at Madison in 55th.
0:36.9	And I probably saw 7 or 800 movies there.
0:41.5	Today, we have a very special circumstance.
0:46.0	We're about to see the movie 65 starring Adam Driver in space.
0:50.4	In space or coming from space?
0:52.4	I don't know.
0:53.4	I try not to know too much.
0:54.4	I try to keep an open mind.
0:55.9	I haven't watched the trailers.
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