“First Reformed” and “American Gigolo” filmmaker Paul Schrader says he’s all ready to explore artificial intelligence in filmmaking.
Speaking with Vanity Fair, the “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” writer says he has the “perfect script to do all AI.”
He says cinema in general is “going to be more and more AI,” and adds that “I think we’re only two years away from the first AI feature.” By that, he seemingly means a proper feature that works and is functional as opposed to some cobbled together piece.
That’s when he revealed: “I was just on the phone with someone today about a script I had, and I said, ‘You know, this would be a perfect script to do all AI.'”
He adds that AI is “just a tool” and he’s embracing it, though the industry disagrees with him:
“When you’re an author, you have to describe someone’s reaction. You use a code — you use a code of words, a certain number of letters, and so forth, and you express their facial reaction. An actor has their own code. Well, now you’re a pixelator, and you can create the face, and you can create the emotion on the face, and you can sculpt it the same way an author sculpts the reaction in a novel or a story.”
Schrader has frequently posted AI-generated images of himself on social media.
