In recent days Christopher Nolan‘s claim that he will never work with Netflix resurfaced on social networks, generating more debates regarding the importance of theatrical releases in the film industry.
The recent Netflix deal with Warner Bros., in which the streaming platform will acquire the studio’s film and television productions as well as TV and movie franchises like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wizard of Oz, and the DC Universe, resurfaced the debate on networks.
Including the famous director Christopher Nolan, who in a previous interview from 2017, in which he was asked about collaborating with the streaming service, responded, “Why would you?” and continued making clear his position:
“Netflix has a bizarre aversion to supporting theatrical films. They have this mindless policy of everything having to be simultaneously streamed and released.”
Christopher Nolan said he will never work with Netflix
“Why would you? If you make a theatrical film, it’s to be played in theaters”
“Netflix has a bizarre aversion to supporting theatrical films. They have this mindless policy of everything having to be simultaneously… pic.twitter.com/5ndWTumBzo
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For the director of ‘The Dark Knight,’ this was not about the evolution of technologies but about how the cinema has been throughout the years: “Theatrical exhibition is what has sustained the film business for a hundred years,” he said in many interviews.
