Can a Netflix Movie Be Considered a "Real" Movie?

Kubrick has also admitted he wanted to break the person of "acting" until what he saw through the lens was just the character. So even the slightest hint of artifice or technique bothered him. I once went to a 1980s Hollywood party where Shelly Duvall was one of the guests, and I was introduced to her by the host. I said, "hey, loved you in The Shining" which had come out a year or so earlier, and she said, "oh my god, Stanley Kubrick was a monster!" and she sat me down on a couch and regaled me with an hour's worth of stories about what an ***hole he was. She felt that Kubrick was particularly cruel to the little kid playing "Danny," the telepathic boy, putting him through over a hundred takes on several scenes.

I'm sure in a case like this, Kubrick might have preferred CGI actors. And (getting back to our original thread) he would have no problem working for Netflix if they gave him complete creative freedom and a reasonable budget.

 

They are easily fooled if they do. Nothing ever came out of the 48fps fiasco that was the Hobbit. Didn't pretty much every theater upgrade their stuff for that movie? I know that my local theatre did and was very surprised.

 

Here's a terrific debate between veteran industry journalist Pete Hammond of Deadline:Hollywood (against the issue of Netflix making "real" theatrical films) and noted critic Leonard Maltin (arguing for Netflix):

Hammond & Maltin Hash Out The Oscar Netflix Streaming Spielberg Conundrum

I think they both make very good points.

 

Leonard Matin

I think think that Leonard Maltin had better ones.

 

Spielberg thinks Netflix streaming movies is ruining Hollywood and the traditional moviegoing experience because Spielberg is taking Apple’s cash to produce content for its new streaming service. What a hypocrite.

 

And Apple announced their "Apple TV+" streaming service today, and who should be there live at the press conference but... Steven Spielberg.



Steven Spielberg’s Apple Appearance Riles Up Social Media: ‘Big Old Mixed Message’

Gee, interesting that Apple is now in direct competition with Netflix...

 

I think that Spielberg will do just about anything to narrow the best picture Oscar contentions.

 

A big sign of desperation you can't stop change or progress..

 

HYPOCRITICAL!!!

 

Well, I didn't wanna say, but... yeah.

Spielberg would probably say, "oh, I'm just doing TV stuff for Apple! It'll never be considered a feature film!"

BTW, one little tidbit: Tim "Apple" Cook has already made it clear that they have no interest in creating R-rated or NC-17-rated content, so it'll all be pretty family-friendly and squeaky-clean.

 

I’m sure that’s his rationalization, but signing on to Apple’s new Netflix clone, which he must have done before his diatribe against Netflix, just looks bad any way you slice it. And when Apple inevitably follows in Netflix’s footsteps and moves from producing “TV” only to producing “movies,” Spielberg will look like even more of a hypocrite.

 

Pesci, Keitel and Canavale are A listers ?

 

And this is already circulating...

 

This revolves around the strange 7 day rule, I'm not sure how the transformation from ? to film occurs during that 7 days.

What it does mean, the Oscars are becoming irrelevant.

 

It is all together possible that Oscars have already become irrelevant.

 

I fully agree with you.. where are great stories that should told
Hmm.. not from big studios anymore..
Long live the indie movies.

 

My friends and I always ask each other if we've seen the Oscar nomination, so we can play the I disagree they got it wrong game.

 

The Shoe Event Horizon is upon us.

 

Hilarious story from The Onion...

Steven Spielberg Criticizes Netflix For Ruining Golden Age Of Pandering Big-Budget Corporate Films

 

It's coming to end the big movie blockbusters and big budget dramas
He's one that said big budget blockbusters were to costly and can't sustain
themselves in the movie going public.. make your mind up Steven...

 

The Department of Justice weighs in:

Banning Netflix from Oscars could break law, DOJ warns

 

Insanity!

 

Sounds like , Steven is backed in a corner..

 

Not sure whether Spielberg would be for or against this idea: turn your home into a first-run movie theatre:

$3,000 to Rent a Movie? Bringing the Theater Home for the 1 Percent