Comments on: Netflix Controversy Rears Its Ugly Head At Cannes, Pedro Almodovar & Will Smith Take Different Sides https://staging2.theplaylist.net/netflix-controversy-rears-head-cannes-pedro-almodovar-will-smith-take-sides-20170517/ Wed, 17 May 2017 19:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: SlamAdams https://staging2.theplaylist.net/netflix-controversy-rears-head-cannes-pedro-almodovar-will-smith-take-sides-20170517/#comment-153913 Wed, 17 May 2017 19:45:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=365531#comment-153913 Cannes is definitely on the wrong side of history here. Its small potatoes history, but the wrong side nevertheless. The kind of movies that open in Cannes and other film fests do not get very wide releases. They get modest releases, that most people won’t travel to see (and shouldn’t travel to see) or want to pay the larger and larger costs of going to the movie. Even if you put some of these movies in theaters first, most people still aren’t seeing it until it hits one of these types of providers (which they all do eventually). The theater chain mode of distribution is broken and has been for awhile. Netflix didn’t disrupt it, it was already disrupted. They just swooped in and did what the traditional way refused to do: get the movies to the people who want to see them. It is unfortunate that a lot of this might come down to practicality (I assume digital is simpler, cheaper, and better to market), but that is not the fault of Netflix, other digital providers, or the artists who decide to work with them.

]]> By: SlamAdams https://staging2.theplaylist.net/netflix-controversy-rears-head-cannes-pedro-almodovar-will-smith-take-sides-20170517/#comment-153912 Wed, 17 May 2017 19:35:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=365531#comment-153912 In reply to John W.

It’s new and unconventional and organizations also balk at changes.

]]> By: John W https://staging2.theplaylist.net/netflix-controversy-rears-head-cannes-pedro-almodovar-will-smith-take-sides-20170517/#comment-153910 Wed, 17 May 2017 17:25:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=365531#comment-153910 I’m still wondering what is the objection to having movies from Netflix?

Is it an issue of old tech vs new tech?

Is it that the people of Cannes are snobs?

Is it that movies made by Netflix have some kind of unfair advantage over movies made in a more traditional manner?

Is someone in France not getting paid?

Imagine if this were applied to other things? That music over there isn’t any good because it was recorded on someone’s smart phone and this music was recorded in a traditional studio.

What if the reverse were happening? What if a director in France made a movie and wanted it to be seen outside of France to gain exposure and then Netflix and other streaming outlets said no because we only want movies made by us?

]]> By: espaguetialabolognesa https://staging2.theplaylist.net/netflix-controversy-rears-head-cannes-pedro-almodovar-will-smith-take-sides-20170517/#comment-153908 Wed, 17 May 2017 16:40:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=365531#comment-153908 :fart:

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