Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition

Re:Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition by olavk on Saturday May 13, 2017 @07:26AM (#14330411)

Never mind the word "cinematic", the point is the festival and similar movie awards have a certain definition for what kind of moving picture entertainment they consider eligible for their awards. The definition includes that the general public should be able to go to a cinema and buy a ticket to see the movie on a big screen.

That's not saying other forms of entertainment cannot have value, just that Cannes is about a certain form.

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Re:Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition by oliwarner on Saturday May 13, 2017 @11:26AM (#14331431)

I don't disagree that that's their definition. I wish you'd stop repeating it. It's that definition that's so stupid.

Conflating "form" with distribution as if the latter affects the first.

No, I'll give you a chance... But how do you think they review these things? It used to be DVD screeners but (ironically, here) Cannes set up an online VOD service for screeners. How do you assess something that has to be available via cinemas, on computer via a wonky streaming service?

This rule is simple (and classic French) protectionism of a distribution channel that is failing to compete.

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Re:Cannes Will Ban Streaming-Only Movies from Competition by olavk on Saturday May 13, 2017 @02:34PM (#14332298)

It is a film festival for cineastes - film lovers or film snobs if you will. Its whole culture. For them there is a big difference between the big-screen cinema experience and watching home video. It is certainly a bigger difference than just the means of distribution.

I think it was David Lynch who said "If you haven't see my movies in a cinema, then you haven't seen my movies".

You may not care for this difference, but why does it anger you so that others do?

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