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Steven Spielberg does not want Netflix films to be nominated for Academy Awards
Posted on 3/1/19 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 3/1/19 at 5:59 pm
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Now, in the wake of three Oscar wins for Netflix’s Roma, including Best Director, Spielberg is prepared to propose a rule change that would rule Netflix films ineligible at an upcoming Academy Board of Governors meeting (he represents the Directors branch on the board). The news comes courtesy of Indiewire, though it’s unclear specifically what rules Spielberg would propose to be changed, and whether Netflix increasing the length of a theatrical window ahead of a streaming release would ease his concerns.
A spokesman for Amblin had this to say:
“Steven feels strongly about the difference between the streaming and theatrical situation. He’ll be happy if the others will join [his campaign] when that comes up [at the Academy Board of Governors meeting]. He will see what happens.”
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Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:09 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm trying to understand his perspective on why there is a "difference between the streaming and theatrical situation", but I'm not seeing it. Cellulose as a medium, and theatres as an experience are dying, and I watch 98% of movies from a room in my house that's as good as any theatre for most movies. And the food and beer is better by the tenth power. So all I see and hear from Speilberg is a old crumudegeon that's shouting at clouds.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:10 pm to RLDSC FAN
I completely disagree with Spielberg here but I see what he's trying to do. He's trying to keep the old system in place where movies are watched as a community inside of a movie theater. The problem with that is, no one wants to pay $12-15 a ticket to watch an evening show at a movie theater anymore. Once you factor in a family of four and concessions, you're looking at a $100 bill just to go see a movie on a Friday or a Saturday night. Sitting down on the couch with the family to marathon multiple original films on a streaming site is so much more cost effective.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:13 pm to RLDSC FAN
Steven sounds like Jack Horner in Boogie Nights:
Jack Horner: Wait a minute. You come into my house, my party, to tell me about the future? That the future is tape, videotape, and not film? That it's amateurs and not professionals? I'm a filmmaker, which is why I will never make a movie on tape. I'll tell you something else. I will never, ever loan out any of the actors that I have under contract.
Floyd Gondolli: Wait, Jack. I'm not a complicated man. I like cinema. In particular, I like to see people fricking on film. But I don't want to win an Oscar and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I like simple pleasures...like butter in my arse, lollipops in my mouth. That's just me. That's just something that I enjoy. Call me crazy, call me a pervert...but there's one little thing I want to do in this life and that is to make a dollar and a cent in this business. I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you stay one step ahead of the game.
Jack Horner: Wait a minute. You come into my house, my party, to tell me about the future? That the future is tape, videotape, and not film? That it's amateurs and not professionals? I'm a filmmaker, which is why I will never make a movie on tape. I'll tell you something else. I will never, ever loan out any of the actors that I have under contract.
Floyd Gondolli: Wait, Jack. I'm not a complicated man. I like cinema. In particular, I like to see people fricking on film. But I don't want to win an Oscar and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I like simple pleasures...like butter in my arse, lollipops in my mouth. That's just me. That's just something that I enjoy. Call me crazy, call me a pervert...but there's one little thing I want to do in this life and that is to make a dollar and a cent in this business. I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you stay one step ahead of the game.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
A quick Google search of the Academy Awards eligibility requirements shows that Roma did meet the requirements.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 6:48 pm to RLDSC FAN
Good for Spielberg for standing up for the rightful and time honored role of the theatre.
Keep all streaming in the Emmys where it belongs.
The Oscars are for real motion pictures.
Keep all streaming in the Emmys where it belongs.
The Oscars are for real motion pictures.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 7:09 pm to RLDSC FAN
The leg he has to stand on is probably the “broadcast” rules which deal with a film being on TV or home video before X date to be eligible.
IIRC, Hoop Dreams got screwed out of an Oscar for Best Documentary in the 90s because it appeared on public television due to contractual reasons before the academy deadline.
IIRC, Hoop Dreams got screwed out of an Oscar for Best Documentary in the 90s because it appeared on public television due to contractual reasons before the academy deadline.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 7:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
Old man syndrome. He's pissed his movies are mediocre af now and he doesn't get showered in awards anymore. It's not the 1990s. The age of Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, etc is gone.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 7:34 pm to RLDSC FAN
And we didn’t want to see Indiana Jones get arse-raped on screen, but you still made Crystal Skull.
This post was edited on 3/1/19 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 3/1/19 at 7:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
I didn't know Netfix movies were eligible. Are HBO original movies included too?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 8:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
Why does it matter if a movie is released and first watched by a room of people or Za single person? Sounds like ole Spielberg just wants less competition.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 8:16 pm to RLDSC FAN
The only point he might have, and it's a stretch, is that Netflix films do not have the universal accessibility of motion pictures and the theater system. If you don't have Netflix, be it lack of a credit card or what have you, you're shite out of luck.
In that same vein, Netflix original movies could be over-hyped by the public due to their marketing advantages with in-home, click-here access, coupled with limited offerings (and 24hour access with near-infinite "start times") resulting in more views and hype.
In that same vein, Netflix original movies could be over-hyped by the public due to their marketing advantages with in-home, click-here access, coupled with limited offerings (and 24hour access with near-infinite "start times") resulting in more views and hype.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 8:32 pm to RLDSC FAN
Streaming should be Emmy's, it's television
Posted on 3/1/19 at 8:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
It's funny when old people go public as Luddites.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Steven Spielberg does not want Netflix films to be nominated for Academy Awards
He’s not wrong. If Netflix and Amazon can win Oscars then why not HBO? Why not ABC and CBS? Why not something uploaded to YouTube?
He wants to keep the Oscars about “films”. If you open it up to any long form video presentation then there’s no reason to have these award shows. He wants to save the Oscars from becoming completely irrelevant.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
TV Movies already have an award show, it’s called the Emmys. The Academy Awards were created for movies shown in theaters. Why is this even controversial? Just because some poors and shut-ins like to stay home, doesn’t change the facts.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:35 pm to RLDSC FAN
Someone feels threatened.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
Bird Box was robbed!
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
Spielberg is a filmmakers filmmaker - a romanticist... And I praise him for it.
Hell I wish they still only showed film projections and not digital. There's magic in it.
Just like Tarantino said, with digital projectors, it's just TV in public.
Spielberg was inspired to be a filmmaker by going to the movies. He specifically said after he saw Lawrence of Arbaia in the theater, he knew what he wanted to dedicate his life to. Without the movie theater, there may have never been a Steven Spielberg as we know him today.
I hate that Roma was nominated for Oscars. If nothing else, Netflix films must at least have a designated theater count and length, preferably over 1000 theaters and at least a 1-month run to get the nomination.
That way, both media bases are satisfied.
Hell I wish they still only showed film projections and not digital. There's magic in it.
Just like Tarantino said, with digital projectors, it's just TV in public.
Spielberg was inspired to be a filmmaker by going to the movies. He specifically said after he saw Lawrence of Arbaia in the theater, he knew what he wanted to dedicate his life to. Without the movie theater, there may have never been a Steven Spielberg as we know him today.
I hate that Roma was nominated for Oscars. If nothing else, Netflix films must at least have a designated theater count and length, preferably over 1000 theaters and at least a 1-month run to get the nomination.
That way, both media bases are satisfied.
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