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Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by debt on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:15AM (#16676786)
A film should only be shown in a theater to create a true cinematic experience. I don’t think the regulation is absurd at all. If Netflix makes films and shows them only within a TV format, than it’s a tv show.

The cinematic arts requires a cinema by definition.

Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by titanomachy on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:21AM (#16676801)
If this is sarcasm, it's very subtle and the point is lost on me.
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by B1FF_PSUVM on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:04AM (#16677796)
You may find this informative, if you have a couple of minutes to spare:

https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Transformation+o...

(or some other hit on "quantitative change leads to qualitative change")

Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by debt on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:23PM (#16681173)
A film requires an extremely large format display. Not a small high definition display. Ideally it'd be a large, high definition display.

How a film is displayed informs how the film is shot. The same would go for audio as well. How the audio is heard informs how the audio is mixed and mastered.

Not to be condescending, but it's really not hard to understand. People don't make films to be shown on a phone for instance. Or if they do make films to be shown on a phone, then it's not a film they'll be making.

Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by reedx8 on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:26AM (#16676815)
The working definition of a "TV show" is a series with regular installments/showings overtime, or at least many shorter length shows. A "movie" is the opposite, with just one production film. This is flexible, of course, as a movie can have later installments, but it is not its primary purpose. There are many "movies" that never make it to the Cinemas because of bad production value, ie bad movies!

Your definition would call Netflix's recent film "Bright" a show, which of course it is not. Cannes is being ridiculous.

Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by bdcravens on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:51AM (#16676905)
So would the Marvel Cinematic Universe series be a show or movies? How about James Bond?
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by pfisch on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:22AM (#16677024)
TV show episodes aren't released years apart. TV seasons are.
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by bdcravens on Monday March 26, 2018 @11:26PM (#16684956)
MCU releases "episodes" every few months
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by pfisch on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:33AM (#16704514)
They release less than 2 a year most years
Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by rblatz on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:55AM (#16676916)
Being in a room with sticky floors and rude people that can’t put their phone down doesn’t some how elevate art.