John Wilson is building a cinema
In a new video, Wilson shared that he's outfitting his theater in the most John Wilson way possible—a.k.a., there's a giant E.T. involved.
Screenshot: The Museum Of Modern Art/YouTube
John Wilson has a bold new plan to save movie theaters once and for all: just make them really, really cool inside. In a new video for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the enigmatic How To filmmaker shared that he had signed a lease on a “very small commercial space”—location TBA—and is currently using it to “build out this theater with a few friends.” (MoMA did not immediately respond to The A.V. Club‘s request for comment on this story.)
“I was having a hard time with routine and I needed structure,” Wilson shared of the motivation behind the project. We’ve likely all felt the same at one time or another, but for most of us, those healthy habits probably didn’t involve materials self-described as being “in really poor taste” (complimentary) or a giant, papier mache E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Then again, that may also be why most people aren’t five-time Emmy-nominated filmmakers.