“Those kind of movies, even after 10 or 20 years, continue to be loved and even when technology changes, it remains inside of you like DNA.”
Kojima maintains that 90% of cinema is pastime — most people watch it, it is short and simple, but it does not produce new creators nor change anyone’s life — and that the other 10% is different: those films may not be understood at first, but in 5 or 10 years you finally get them and they change your life or motivate you. Films like that exist in every generation; even if they were not a big success on release, they survive in the video store or in reruns, travel with you through life, and, even when technology changes, remain inside you like DNA. Because there are people who create works like that, young people are encouraged to make games or films; Kojima hopes those people can change the world — that, he says, is the power of cinema and of creations in general, and Peele’s films have it.
“But new creators aren't born from that. People's lives don't change from watching those. 90% of movies are like that, but the other 10% are different. […] in 5 or 10 years time, you finally understand, and it changes your life or it motivates you. […] it remains inside of you like DNA. Because there are people who create works like that, there are young people who become motivated to make games or movies. I hope these people can change the world.”