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Netflix Film Boss Says Streamer ‘Won’t Work With’ Directors ‘Who Still Want Theatrical’ and ‘We’ve Accepted’ That Discussion (variety.com)
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[–] [S] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Netflix hates theaters because it's a threat to their business model - it's a way people can watch movies without subscribing to their catalogue.

I don't have a source for this, but I'm pretty sure they only released Wake Up Dead Man in theaters so they could quality for awards.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I get that concept. It seems natural for them. But an awards release only needs something like a dozen screen in 2 states (NY and LA usually).

    Dead Man I thought got a wide release. But not realy. I just got lucky with my local theater. It's only a money question. If they think they can make enough with theater releases, they'd do them. If Dead Man made $100M off 600 screens that might be enough to cause them to reconcider.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Becomes a chicken and an egg situation thigh of they never actually fully commit to a long enough wide release. Not everyone watches a film the guest week so you need time for word of mouth to spread and then there need to be screenings near those people. Normies that hear good things about a film aren't going to go further than their local to see it.

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