Direct all your actors kiss each other on the mouth before shooting every scene. That way there is no health reason to wear masks.

Would Casablanca be better or worse with masks? They would take away from the movie unless it played an active part in the plot. It a few years it would become dated and give the movie less a chance to be timeless.
Casablanca is literally dated during World War II, but it is still timeless.
So many stories, so little time.

Would Casablanca be better or worse with masks? They would take away from the movie unless it played an active part in the plot. It a few years it would become dated and give the movie less a chance to be timeless.

Movies are supposed to be an escape anyway.
I disagree. Movies are supposed to be a medium. That is all. Everything else is up to the creators.
So many stories, so little time.

Bad idea. Expressions on the face are one of the most powerful displays of emotion. It would ruin the movie. Movies are supposed to be an escape anyway. They don't need to remind us of how bad the world has gotten.

If it's a time period film which must be set in 2020 then yes, all scenes in public should show the clones in covid masks. But few of us are stupid enough to wear them in our homes and in private, so most scenes could be shot without them.
If worn throughout the entire movie the film would be a joke and a box office flop.
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You can't hear what people are saying.
How so? We can hear Spider-Man and Deadpool just fine even though their masks cover their entire head.
So many stories, so little time.

You can't hear what people are saying.

I'd say go for it. It might even add a layer to the story that otherwise wouldn't be there.
So many stories, so little time.