Decline in Quality of Movies

The speaker discusses their opinion on the decline in quality of movies over the years, highlighting the separation of art forms into intellectual and popular categories. They compare past influential films to more recent movies and criticize the director of 'The Squid and the Whale' for making a movie about his own marriage and divorce. They express their dislike for identity politics in the film industry and criticize award shows for being political rather than focused on the quality of art.