Sean Penn<\/a> may be one of Hollywood\u2019s most intense performers, but at the Lumi\u00e8re Film Festival in Lyon, where he is this year\u2019s guest of honor, he appeared relaxed, funny and disarmingly candid, sharing stories about filmmaking, aging and activism before a packed theater.<\/p>\nAt a festival devoted to celebrating both classic and contemporary cinema \u2013 and the theatrical experience itself \u2013 the two-times Oscar winner began by recalling his first love: the movie theater itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve talked a lot about the experience that I fell in love with, like the girl you fall in love with,\u201d he said. \u201cWith cinema, it was in a cinema, with strangers and a big screen. So I\u2019ve had a very difficult time, just as an audience, making the transition into somehow accepting all this streaming and small-screen stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Known for his total immersion in roles like the death row inmate of…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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