What I Saw: Rectify, Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2
The Sundance Channel has the second season of Rectify on Thursdays. I don't know why I link to the Sundance Website for the show, their site is very poor for any information about the show. I guess that they are into Invisible SubText or whatever the new Lit Crit calls it these days. So far there have been only two episodes broadcast, and I have
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Do they just roll it out weekly or are they using the Netflix model and dumping everything online all at once?
And just as an aside, I have always wondered about Robert Redford and his Sundance Film Festival Movie Empire (and now TV). When the beloved producers and actors of Older Hollywood are mentioned, there is applause and reverence about them and their accomplishments….But several years ago, at an Academy Awards Ceremony, Mr. Redford was there to be honored for his contributions to Film (and what greater contribution than the Sundance Film Festival which previews the up and coming talent in the business and gives their films distribution to a wider audience) and his greeting from the Hollywood community was tepid applause. His Film Festival keeps Hollywood in business, so what did that mean? I'd really like to know.I think it’s because the studios feel that he’s an imposition. It’s almost like broadcast stations that are ( ... )
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Last season, they did just dump it all online. I think that you could even see the whole season on their lousy website before it aired. I don't think that they thought that the series would be going anywhere, that it was just a one shot deal. But it took off, so they are treating it differently (like a REAL series) this season.
But I could be wrong, i really don't remember exactly where I found all the episodes at once. This season, I am streaming week by weekly episode. If you want the links, let me know and I will mail them to you.
I’m sure they feel like Redford is forcing them to do good films and it kills them.
And I still don't get it. You had good explanations, but don't they want to promote the business? The more, the merrier? I guess that doesn't matter---it's where they can get their money and impose their control. Their televised coolness toward Redford just astounded me when I noticed it. I mean, they were ( ... )
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