Francis Ford Coppola thinks the streaming model is anti-art
Francis Ford Coppola tells us that the streaming model is anti-art.
“I still remember going to see ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, I’ll never forget it. You can’t have that experience just in your living room” pic.twitter.com/77YlPzjIrq
- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 26, 2024
- “Well, streaming is a dumb phrase because all it is, what it really is, we’ve always had - it was called home video. I know a lot about streaming and streaming moves in the direction of a business model where they’re trying to get subscriptions. To me it’s anti-art. Better that people go to a big theatre, not a multiplex, but a real theatre and see a movie with 300 people. Sure, you can review it again at home, by streaming or DVD, however how it’s delivered is not the important thing. It’s the same to see a movie either totally alone or with two or three people. I still remember going to see “The Bridge on River Kwai or “Lawrence of Arabia” I’ll never forget and you can’t have that experience just in your living room. Know who invented streaming? Major League Baseball” x
- “Megalopolis” took nearly 40 years and $120 million to make, with the film tracking for a domestic debut this weekend of just $5-7 million - continuing a string of poor debuts for distributor Lionsgate. Reviews are squarely down the middle at 51% (4.9/10) on Rotten Tomatoes.
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