Cinema as an interface: from celluloid to streaming platforms

Every year movie theaters lose a higher percentage of spectators, while streaming content platforms exponentially increase their number of subscribers, a figure that grew by up to 26% in 2020. Using the recent theory of Carlos A. Scolari's Interface, we will answer relevant questions such as whether these two phenomena are related or whether the mentioned loss of movie spectators can be reversed through the redesign of this discursive platform as an interface. For this, we have carried out a comparative study in which Scolari's ten laws of interface are identified in classic and contemporary cinema and on streaming platforms, verifying these laws based on well-established and recognized film theories. According to the results, we can conclude that it has been verified the suggested initial hypothesis: cinema is an interface in crisis and streaming content is a redesign of the television, another discursive platform also in crisis.