The overlap of awards season with a fire season has posed a stern test of Hollywood fortitude.
Will there be shelf space for statuettes?
Chu urgently wants to make movies to be shown in theaters, not on streamers.
Jon M. Chu and his book ‘Viewfinder’Getty Images; Random House
No other medium can change the culture as drastically.
While his college work elicited sporadic praise, his post-graduate rounds of studio interviews and auditions proved daunting.
Chu, like Denis Villeneuve, was snubbed this week inDirectors Guild nominations.
To be sure, they were responsible for two of the years biggest box office successes.
He continues: Movies can elevate lives and shift perceptions like no other form of storytelling.
