By: Gian

Gian — Wed, 25 May 2016 15:55:00 +0000

This is potentially very good news for movie goers. Netflix and Amazon are attempting to fill a vacuum created by the film industry’s obsession wth comics, sequels, reboots and remakes. There is certainly a market for a huge variety of films but it’s not even so much about the movies actually getting made, it’s also about distribution and access. I live in a big city and even I have difficulty in getting to see the films I read about on this site. How many months have we been reading about “The Lobster”? Yet it’s only in the past week that I could actually go and see it. There are dozens of theaters where I live (without even having to head to the suburbs) but I had a challenge just being able to see “Hail, Caesar!” and I consider myself amongst the lucky. If Amazon has decided to work wth a stable of auteurs and Netflix sees it’s niche as original programming for the masses, that’s good for all of us in the long run. We have seen a renaissance of terrific work being done by cable networks and streaming services due in part to network television’s obsession with game and reality shows several years ago. (Do you recall when you could watch “Millionaire” 5 days a week?) The current studio obsessions are not any different. While I do and would miss the theater experience, ADD audiences and concession prices (to only name a few) have dulled that anyway. If we are moving towards new ways of seeing good and original content being created and more importantly, audiences having access to that content, then I’m all for it.

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By: Gian