First, read the pictured excerpt from this article about Netflix’s CEO’s continued war vs the movieGOING experience: https://t.co/mIcOWWSgHE pic.twitter.com/vy2n2KmpHl
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
“Growing the movie business” = growing the movie theater business. Netflix is killing the latter, thereby so mutating the former it becomes
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
May expand audience size, but live theatre recorded is by definition NOT live theatre. Same way a movie not in a movie theater isn’t a movie
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
Worst case scenario: replaces live theatre. Sounds extreme, but baby steps: recordings could justify shorter runs of cheaper productions
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
Movies not being made FOR movie theaters are no longer movies. Netflix can expand a movie’s audience, but at what long-term price?
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
Pockets of live theatre/moviegoing will always exist, but not being the norm all over increases likelihood of widespread quality downgrades
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 18, 2017
O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA is a great case study. 8 hours long, made for ESPN, but “screened in theaters,” thus being able to win Best Doc Oscar
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
Streaming services know that boasting Oscar noms AND WINS will increase # of those who watch when they stumble across on their platforms
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
IPIC gave up leverage, but Academy can still help by consciously not nominating choices that prioritize TV viewing over theater experience
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
Ron Howard (BEATLES) etc. to direct passion documentaries, but they still shouldn’t be rewarded for treating theater releases as perfunctory
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
But nominators can very easily use common sense to choose releases that value theatrical distribution over those that don’t
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
Oscars play too important of a historical role, and wield too much industry influence, to base all decisions merely on subjective quality
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
P.S. As in “FIN!” for now. I want to expound on a lot of these points one day…perhaps in a proper piece…one day…
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) March 21, 2017
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