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Good cinema is good cinema no matter the release medium. This is making a statement that people who release their art with a certain distribution outlet and medium are somehow inferior. Deplorable.

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Film art, good or bad, has no place at a sales event if it's already sold. It simply isn't a quality statement. It would be like a wholly owned alphabet subsidiary that doesn't need or take any investors trying to get into ycombinator, or like an NFL team crying foul for not being allowed to compete in the NCAA.

I get that. I really do. But would it kill Netflix to pay for a few short, limited theatrical releases? Seems more like a contest of who can be more stubborn.

Edit: Nevermind, read the comments below. Theatrical showings is not the problem but the ridiculous limits French law places on streaming theatrical releases.

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