Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude streaming movies

Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by arrakeen on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:29AM (#19301480)

i can't tell exactly what Spielberg's criteria is from the article, but Roma had a theatrical release so i'm not sure it counts here

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by dagw on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:00AM (#19301747)

but Roma had a theatrical release so i'm not sure it counts here

He seems to think that Roma sticks to the letter of the law, but not the spirit and thus wants the law changed. Roma, the argument goes, had a limited token theatrical release solely to qualify it for the Oscars, but the intention was always that people where meant to see the movie on 'TV' rather than at the cinema.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by Grue3 on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:29AM (#19302444)

> limited token theatrical release solely to qualify it for the Oscars

A lot of non-US (and even US) films do this as well. The distributors do a limited release to qualify for the awards, and bank on it winning the awards so that they can do a wide release of an "award-winning" film.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by arrakeen on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:58AM (#19302179)

thanks for the clarification-- i hadn't even realized it was on netflix until after i'd seen it in the theater

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