United Kingdom, March 14 -- Steven Spielberg has poked fun at Timothee Chalamet for his comments about ballet and opera.

The Marty Supreme actor has come under fire for suggesting that "no one cares" about the art forms but the legendary filmmaker has suggested that he wants them "to go on forever" as they are similar to movies.

Speaking about the importance of cinema at the SXSW festival in Texas, Spielberg said: "For me, the real experience comes when we can influence a community to congregate in a strange, dark place where all of us are strangers.

"At the end of a really good movie experience, we are all united with a whole bunch of feelings that we walk into the daylight with, or into the nighttime with. And there's nothing like th...