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Steven Spielberg to propose Oscar rules that could keep streaming films out of contention
In the wake of "Roma's" three Oscar wins on Sunday, director Steven Spielberg is taking aim at streaming films' chances at future Academy Awards.
Spielberg will present his case to peers at an upcoming annual board of governors meeting at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where the award-winning auteur will propose rule changes that would prevent streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu from competing in the Oscars without its projects getting a full theatrical run first. The news was first reported on Indiewire. "Steven feels strongly about the difference between the streaming and theatrical situation," a representative of Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment told the site.
[...] "Once you commit to a television format, you're a TV movie," Spielberg said last year during a conversation with ITV News about the increasingly blurry line that separates various media. "You certainly — if it's a good show — deserve an Emmy, but not an Oscar."
[...] Spielberg had the topic on his mind when he accepted the filmmaker award at the Cinema Audio Society Awards last month. "I'm a firm believer that movie theaters need to be around forever," he said, according to Variety. Stressing that he very much admired the state of contemporary television, both for its stories and its tech advances, Spielberg conceded that "the sound is better in homes more than it ever has been in history." But, he added, "there's nothing like going to a big dark theater with people you've never met before and having the experience wash over you."
Also at Movieweb, Observer, and A.V. Club.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Entropy on Sunday March 03 2019, @07:50AM (11 children)
This way all the Oscar winners will be movies that no one actually sees. Good job Hollywood.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday March 03 2019, @08:05AM
Until Disney starts buying Oscars for their crappy superhero movies.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:59AM (3 children)
Streaming platforms have arguably been good for indie movies. The lack of ticket sales might complicate the funding model but more money is being thrown around to make films and the audience is potentially much larger than it would be for limited theater releases.
https://deadline.com/2019/01/netflix-versus-independent-cinema-roma-oscars-sundance-film-festival-1202541064/ [deadline.com]
But even then, the films getting awards are still going to be fairly obscure. That's why the Academy Awards considered adding an "Achievement in Popular Film" category [soylentnews.org] before that got mocked into oblivion.
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:21AM (2 children)
Don't forget, Home Alone 2 grossed almost $359 million. And only cost $20 million to make. Tremendous achievement and I'm very honored to have been part of that!!!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:35AM
Part of that? Oh - wow! So, you're another actor president? And, your screen name is Daniel Stern? And, you were Marv Murchins in the movie. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!!! You're not half so evil as America suspects. You're just dumber than a rock!
https://homealone.fandom.com/wiki/Marv_Murchins [fandom.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @01:35PM
Sad. Very sad. To fake like that. Maybe call it fake news. Everyone knows this is some fake account now. Home Alone 2 made almost half a BILLION and it cost just over $10m to make. The biggest success in movie history. And all thanks to Donald.
That's how you frame this, not citing reality.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:00AM (5 children)
An Awards Show nobody watches. Where they give awards for the movies nobody watches. PERFECTO!!!!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 03 2019, @04:54PM (4 children)
Yup: I don't watch a movie because it won an award, just like I don't listen to Michael Jackson because he won so many awards he had to remove his sunglasses.
I watch a movie because it sounds interesting and other people I know that like the kind of things I do say it's good.
Mostly I watch downloaded shows, though.
IT Crowd didn't win an Emmy (I'm guessing), but it loads better than some that have. Did Firefly win any awards? I'd put it up against ANY show.
Awards, I find, usually mean "don't fecking watch me...I suck".
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @06:55PM (3 children)
Firefly was basically a live-action ripoff of Cowboy Bebop.
Its amazing how many "American" cultural touchstones are just remakes of Japanese classics. Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai), The Matrix (Serial Experiments Lain), and Star Wars (The Hidden Fortress) are a few examples.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday March 04 2019, @01:06AM
Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars.
It's funny watching magnificent seven and seven samurai back to back: at times a scene for scene, word for word rip-off, lol.
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 04 2019, @07:10PM (1 child)
Its amazing how many "American" cultural touchstones are just remakes of Japanese classics. Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai),...
Funny you mention Kurosawa considering so many of his movies were just recycled Shakespeare!
Throne of Blood is MacBeth and Ran is King Lear...
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 04 2019, @07:13PM
Which isn't a bad thing, for the record. Cross pollination makes art better.