Lars Eidinger found the quarantine "very terrible" and he fears that the coronavirus and HIV are more similar than previously assumed.
As part of the Five Lakes Film Festival, Lars Eidinger (44, "What remains") speaks about the Corona crisis, its effects and the future of cinema. He is a little afraid that in the worst case the coronavirus could stay with mankind for a long time. "I'm a little afraid that it will stay that way," Eidinger explained in an interview with RTL.
He said to the broadcaster: "I don't want to paint the devil on the wall now, but I can imagine when HIV broke out, people also thought: 'Now we'll protect ourselves for a while during sex and someday it'll work then again without. '". To this day, however, safer sex has to be practiced if one does not want to take the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. "You can't prevent the infection. Maybe you can deal with the disease and I don't hope that the same thing will happen to us with Covid-19."
"The cinema is threatened, definitely"
Eidinger found the quarantine "very awful". It is similar to being buried in an avalanche. "It's only bad if you don't know when to get out again." If you get told, "You lie down for another 20 minutes, then it's still bearable (…)." However, knowing that it might never stop, it is quite difficult to deal with the situation.
"The cinema is threatened, in any case," said Eidinger. But he believes that the cinema as an institution can be saved despite the Corona crisis, because "if everyone indulges in their desire and visits the cinema, then it won't die either." The situation is problematic for everyone involved. "If everyone stays at home and nobody is inside, then it won't open again."