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>Netflix and Amazon are going to continue their quest to destroy cinemas, and in this case, French business.

If true, that quote from the comment you're responding to is probably a good representation of the attitude that France approaches that regulation with.

Hearing an argument like that uttered unironically can be baffling, but it is how the thought process can go in France. Those cinemas, they might well argue, are French businesses which inherently deserve to exist - and damn the consequences.

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Remember that netflix also wanted to put a movie in us theaters. One chain said okay. Then the other movie companies said we will blacklist you and not send you an movies to show. This is just about commercial competition, the 'real movie theaters' are trying to block netflix et al. Netflix should just buy their own damn theater in LA and show movies there to get them on all the awards shows.

> Netflix should just buy their own damn theater in LA and show movies there to get them on all the awards shows.

That's what used to happen. The Fox and Paramount theatres in Oakland, CA used to be owned by Fox and Paramount, respectively.

I wonder what is preventing them from doing that, other than fear that it’s patrons would rather stay at home. I wouldn’t be so fast to assume that, though. Many people, including myself, love viewing films in theatres.

I would definitely go see a Netflix movie in a cinema, most probably even often, e.g. 3 times a month.

> I wonder what is preventing them from doing that

The 1948 USA vs Paramount antitrust decision might play a role. Content producers used to own theaters until they were forced to sell them to avoid excessive vertical integration.

Just as no business inherently deserves to exist, no distribution model inherently needs to be allowed to submit films to Cannes.

Of course. We should just reduce the value of winning since it's against an arbitrarily culled list of competitors.

Exactly Cannes just became irrelevant IMO. I personally doubt any streaming service movie would win, but restricted rewards are meaningless. At the extreme, I can always offer an award that only I can win, but why would anyone care.

PS: Same thing IMO happened to the Emmys's when Shrek was prevented from winning 'best picture'. With one simple choice they became a joke.

Can you elaborate about Shrek? I can't find anything on that (also the Emmys is for TV not movies).

Ops. Oscars sorry that's how little I care ;)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Anima... Has some er public history, but it was added specifically for Shreck.

Sure, Cannes can do whatever they want, but it hardly makes me feel like they are an institution whose opinions are likely to have much relevance to my experience.

Their recommendations get colored by their pettiness, sort of like how the Academy's presentations tend to feel disingenuous. It feels like the quality of the work often isn't what is being judged, so...who cares?

You’re conflating physics with human social organization.

If people want to organize around a certain set of ideals that’s up to them. Codifying it in their law is also up to them.

No one social organizational structure has an inherent right to exist unless the people seem to support it.

Argue brainwashing or propaganda is what maintains it, the reality is: thems the rules in France.

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