I came across an interesting, albeit limited article in the NYT. I was drawn to it because I thought it would be a dive into this moment in cinema history when a film like Roma is subsumed by the streaming world. Instead, it ended up being more of a bio on Scott Stuber, the head of film at Netflix. It was interesting to learn his career path and philosophy, as well as how certain famous auteurs like Scorsese feel about Netflix (very positively, it seems). Stuber asserted that they had no qualms with theaters, but instead that they wanted to make sure people could access their films even if they couldn’t make it to theaters due to time or money constraints. That’s a nice idea, in theory, but I find it contradictory with the limited windows they give even their most cinematic films - to the point where it feels like he’s trying to equivocate while still cutting theaters out of the equation. Their big Sandra Bullock horror film Bird Box will be released in 4 theaters for a short window. Roma will only be in theaters for something like 3 weeks. It doesn’t give them much of a chance. And yet, people like Scorsese don’t seem to mind how or when their films are released as long as they get the budget to make the films the way they want to make them. It seems an odd disconnect, to jump at creating your dream movie when it won’t be show in a way that does it justice. I guess this is me self-discovering that I am a theater snob after all?
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