https://www.flaunt.com/post/elizabeth-olsen-close-encounters-issue
Excerpt:
“I won’t make a movie to stream,” Olsen says, matter-of-factly. “If I make a movie, it has to have a cinematic release. That’s a rule of mine. Unless no one else can buy it. I just think it’s incredibly damaging to the thing we’re trying to rescue, which is the cinema, and the group experience of seeing a film together. I have been so impressed by how Netflix has been handling our film. They did a 35mm print for us to do special screenings because they knew that was going to be important to us. They have given such attention and care to a film that is in one fucking location with three women talking the whole time! That alone is admirable. It’s amazing. I’ve been really surprised. There have been movies that I’ve almost done until I found out they would not be in theaters. From a morality standpoint, I just can’t do that. I’m so happy that Netflix will give this film we made a theatrical run before it streams.”
by stars_doulikedem
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Do we know if her husband can fight?
>In October 2023, Netflix acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film for $7 million, later scheduling it to be released in select theaters on September 6, 2024, followed by a streaming release on September 20
I wouldn’t call two week (select) theater release window an act of saving cinemas.
i find this so fascinating considering her sisters were known for their straight to video format (which straight to streaming replaced)
This film does look good, the trailers caught my eye and I will watch it. As an immunocompromised person who hasn’t been able to safely go to a movie in five years, I would pay the cost of a matinee ticket to get a streaming ticket if it were a film I really wanted to see, (at this point, everything gets spoiled for me since I have to wait about 6 months to see things).
What would feel “moral” (purely from an accessibility perspective) is having streaming releases and theater releases together, like we briefly had when a more accessible future was dangled in front of us for a bit. But capitalism.
A morality standpoint, huh? That’s a bold statement, especially considering all of her wishy-washy statements about Candy Montgomery from the Love & Death press tour.
Why do these look like proof-of-life photos?