Paraphrase 2022-10
“So the incredible thing about NOPE is that it's not just a horror movie, but it's made all the people looking down look up. It's epic.”
What it documents
Kojima said that we are currently in the age of smartphones and everyone lives looking down, with shoegazers always looking at their feet. He said the incredible thing about NOPE is that after you watch the movie you most certainly look up at the sky and at the clouds, that it made all the people looking down look up, and he called it epic.
Source
HIDEO KOJIMA presents Brain Structure, ep. 5 «Hideo Kojima x Jordan Peele: Part 1» (Spotify Studios × Kojima Productions); official English dub, own transcription, 2022-10 (00:13:25–00:14:36). View source ↗
“we are currently in the age of smartphones and everyone lives looking down. There are shoegazers always looking at their feet. […] And what makes NOPE so amazing is that after you watch the movie, you most certainly look up at the sky and at the clouds. […] it's made all the people looking down look up. It's epic.”