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The Cannes Film Festival is taking a stand against Netflix. Responding to a rumor that the streaming service's Okja, directed by Bong Joon Ho, and The Meyerowitz Stories, directed by Noah Baumbach, would be excluded from awards consideration after being included in the Competition lineup, the festival released a statement clarifying and adjusting its positioning going forward. The short version: From now on, if you want to compete at Cannes, your movie had better be released in French movie theaters—not just online.
There has long been a point of tension between Cannes and Netflix, to the extent where the inclusion of Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories came as a bit of a surprise. Netflix films had previously been snubbed and festival officials had advocated for "discouraging" the streaming service's online-first approach to release. The two movies included in Cannes' lineup this year are slated for theatrical bows stateside, but according to the festival's official statement, "no agreement has been reached" to get the moves into French cinemas and the effort to reach one was made "in vain." However, the statement does clarify that this rule goes into effect next year, so Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories will remain in competition and eligible for the Palme d'Or.
Seems the Cannes Film Festival is less about film and more about an outdated business model.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @08:12PM
think Michael Moore
Triggered!
You want your Cannes entry to be shot in black-and-white, silent, and be about sad mimes holding balloons.
I would find an interpretation of Pulp Fiction or Apocalypse Now in this style to be interesting... for maybe 15 minutes. But interesting... if only for the lulz.
(Sorry dude, I guess I don't see any reason why I should feel patriotic to whatever you think "Western values" are that Pulp Fiction and Apocalypse Now or say Full Metal Jacket, since I'm guessing you hate that one too, are opposed to. But I just have to look at the White House these days. You people aren't about bettering yourselves or making the world a little bit of a better place than the condition you found it in. You people are about destruction and depravity.)