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Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Not posting the full article but some excerpts say it all. I only focus on Netflix (as does the article) although this goes for Amazon as well.
CICAE, the International Confederation of Art Cinemas, argues that instead of screening Netflix-backed films like Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma,' Venice should reserve competition slots for “works of art that will be seen in cinemas internationally.”
“Earlier this year, Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, set an example and took the side of art cinemas and decided to exclude films without a theatrical release in France from competition,” CICAE said in the statement. “A prestigious film festival allowing in its official selection lineup titles that will not be seen on the big screen internationally encourages practices that endanger an important sector of the film industry. Cinema and television are different mediums, and cinematic films are made to be seen according to high-quality standards on the big screen.”
Venice: Art House Cinemas Call for Netflix Ban
I am actually on their side of the argument but I am baffled by how completely tonedeaf their statements are. It is a serious issue for arthouse cinemas that many films currently receiving massive spotlights at various film festivals will probably not be released theatrically or in such limited capacity that they won't see any benefit from it.
A film like Cuaron's Roma or the Coen brothers' new film are basically "blockbusters" for arthouse cinemas, the films they make most of their money from and festival winners always do good business too for those theaters.
But the bolded lines that television and cinema are vastly different and there are supposed high quality standards for cinematic films are absurdly elitist and ignore that the quality of television production is the highest that it has ever been. It's such a dumb-ass thing to say too because it only detracts attention from the actual issue at hand that arthouse theaters will suffer from Netflix' monopolizing of their films.
And it's not as if Netflix releases these films in theaters for a limited time to throw theaters a bone, they only do it because they have to in order to make their films eligible for awards. Netflix wants to have their cake and eat it too, so I can't even blame festivals and organisations from saying 'fukk that shyt!' but they really hurt their arguments with this tonedeaf nonsense. The Netflix line-up at Venice and Telluride is the best film line-up since Netflix started going into original content, and instead of trying to banish them, they should work harder with Netflix to find something that benefits both parties instead of neither.
CICAE, the International Confederation of Art Cinemas, argues that instead of screening Netflix-backed films like Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma,' Venice should reserve competition slots for “works of art that will be seen in cinemas internationally.”
“Earlier this year, Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, set an example and took the side of art cinemas and decided to exclude films without a theatrical release in France from competition,” CICAE said in the statement. “A prestigious film festival allowing in its official selection lineup titles that will not be seen on the big screen internationally encourages practices that endanger an important sector of the film industry. Cinema and television are different mediums, and cinematic films are made to be seen according to high-quality standards on the big screen.”
Venice: Art House Cinemas Call for Netflix Ban
I am actually on their side of the argument but I am baffled by how completely tonedeaf their statements are. It is a serious issue for arthouse cinemas that many films currently receiving massive spotlights at various film festivals will probably not be released theatrically or in such limited capacity that they won't see any benefit from it.
A film like Cuaron's Roma or the Coen brothers' new film are basically "blockbusters" for arthouse cinemas, the films they make most of their money from and festival winners always do good business too for those theaters.
But the bolded lines that television and cinema are vastly different and there are supposed high quality standards for cinematic films are absurdly elitist and ignore that the quality of television production is the highest that it has ever been. It's such a dumb-ass thing to say too because it only detracts attention from the actual issue at hand that arthouse theaters will suffer from Netflix' monopolizing of their films.
And it's not as if Netflix releases these films in theaters for a limited time to throw theaters a bone, they only do it because they have to in order to make their films eligible for awards. Netflix wants to have their cake and eat it too, so I can't even blame festivals and organisations from saying 'fukk that shyt!' but they really hurt their arguments with this tonedeaf nonsense. The Netflix line-up at Venice and Telluride is the best film line-up since Netflix started going into original content, and instead of trying to banish them, they should work harder with Netflix to find something that benefits both parties instead of neither.
