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Charlize Theron Defends Cinema in Mexico: “No Technology Will Replace Its Magic”

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Charlize Theron said cinema has a magic that technology and artificial intelligence cannot replace, and urged the industry to make theater visits feel like events.
  • She argued that film festivals will endure, challenged restrictive divisions between commercial and artistic films, and cited “Monster” as a low-budget film from her career.
  • Theron acknowledged that artificial intelligence can lower production costs but said she worries about the social disconnection technology creates among young people and families.

Charlize Theron defended cinema as an art whose magic, she said, “no technology will replace.” Speaking at the annual México Siglo XXI forum in Mexico City, the South African-American actress and producer addressed the rapid arrival of digital tools and artificial intelligence in entertainment.

No technology will replace its magic.

· Charlize TheronTheron defended cinema while discussing digital tools and artificial intelligence in entertainment.

Theron said the film community must work actively to ensure that going to a theater still feels like an event. The industry, she warned, cannot allow the shared mystique of the cinema experience to disappear in front of new screens. She also rejected the idea that independent cinema or auteur platforms face extinction, insisting that film festivals “will never die” because a committed community of creators continues to defend a diversity of artistic perspectives.

She challenged commercial labels that divide Hollywood productions into supposedly simplistic large films and supposedly minor artistic ones. “I don’t want big movies to be stupid or artistic movies to be small,” she said, recalling that “Monster,” one of the defining films of her career, was made on a limited budget.

The community must work actively to ensure that going to the cinema feels like an event.

· Charlize TheronShe urged the industry to preserve the collective theater experience.

Theron acknowledged that artificial intelligence could help reduce the high cost of production. Her greater concern, however, was the “social disconnection” that current technology creates among young people and within families.

Film festivals will never die.

· Charlize TheronTheron rejected concerns that independent cinema and auteur platforms could disappear.

Discussing her recent role in Christopher Nolan’s epic “The Odyssey,” Theron joked that the part was brief: “If you blink, you may not see me.” She nevertheless praised Nolan’s ability to bring thousands of young people into theaters and said producing a successful film remains extremely difficult. As a producer, she described her leadership style as “more a cheerleader than a controller,” saying she focuses on hiring the right talent, giving it room to flourish and avoiding toxic environments. She also called for women to hold a real presence in key directing and decision-making roles across the global audiovisual industry.

I don’t want big movies to be stupid or artistic movies to be small.

· Charlize TheronShe challenged restrictive commercial categories applied to Hollywood films.
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