They love it if they have a foolproof chance of that, but thats not their business.
For example,Squid Game, that show wouldnt work ten years ago.
It only works on Netflix, where 200 million people watch it.
Joe Russo at the Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews.Robert Perry/Getty Images
And it helps, in my opinion, to break down the barrier of subtitles.
So streamers are compelling in that regard.
But its tough, she said.
There is no serious commitment from Netflix to screen movies in theatres.
And when they do, its to appease a filmmaker who wants it in a theatre, he said.
Youll get a week and a very small P&A spend.
Its antithetical to their business model which is to be at home watching the streaming service.
I dont fault them for that.
Thats their business model.
If you wanna make a movie for the theatre, go to Sony or Disney.
The idea that non-fiction stories arent as compelling as fiction is gone.
Theres no real distinction unless youre seeing a movie star.
So the notion that documentaries are ghettoized or less commercial stories than scripted films has disappeared.
The first company to notice this trend, Sloss said, was Netflix.
And we figured it out.
He added: This is why the Marvel films worked.
This years edition ran from April 14-16.
