Jodie Foster: Streaming is the New Cinema

[Danja]

Jodie Foster Suggests Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Would Have Worked Better As An 8-Hour Streaming Series

Jodie Foster’s Suggests Martin Scorsese's 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Would Have Worked Better As An 8-Hour Streaming Series

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Foster was talking about how she saw the future of cinema and her embrace of the streaming drama model in the wake of her experience on True Detective, suggesting the format had replaced the theatrical feature as a means to explore big narratives.

"Streaming is able to do things that we’re not able to do in traditional mainstream movies anymore. Real narrative now in the United States is on streaming. Big franchise superhero movies are what you see in the movie theaters, but the real, real narrative is on streaming,” she said.

“[With streaming], you’re able to tell eight-hour stories, or five-season stories, where you can explore every angle in a way that you could never in a feature. I love the freedom of that.”

 

[tomalak301]

After seeing how long Avatar: Fire and Ash is, I feel the same way about that movie. It seems like having a series like that would be beneficial. At least you would be home and you can pause if you need to.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I kind of agree, in the sense that movies have become bloated experiences as of late. When movies near the 3 hour mark and offer no intermissions (often at the behest of the director themselves) , maybe the best option is to explore these stories in the serialized format. On the other hand, a series using that format is only as good as the storyline driving it, which can be frustrating for viewers and be more difficult to get into.

Interestingly, the season of True Detective she was in I found to be a rather jumbled mess and one of the weakest seasons of the show.

There is a precedent for a sort of hybrid. Shoot a movie, then split it up into a show. That is how Blackberry, the docudrama about the Blackberry company was originally conceived. Shown as a movie in theatres, but when it came time to streaming, they divided it up into a series.

 

[Set Harth]

Interestingly, the season of True Detective she was in I found to be a rather jumbled mess and one of the weakest seasons of the show.

It was better than season 3 and it stuck the ending, I'll give it that.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

she is not wrong actually

streaming is where most tv celebs and even movie celebs go to now a days

whats crazy is that the movie celebs return to there roots the tv shows universe but in the streaming world

 

[Owain Taggart]

It was better than season 3 and it stuck the ending, I'll give it that.

I actually really liked Season 3. Season 2 is the one that I had trouble with. The whole Vince Vaughn as a gangster thing didn't work, and I felt Rachel McAdams gave the best performance, but that's the season that most cite as the weakest. Compared to that, Season 3 was a triumph, and it captured much of what made the first season great. Season 4 had a great concept that had shades of Nordic Noir that I was really looking forward to, but I felt they struggled to tell the story.

 

[Danja]

streaming is where most tv celebs and even movie celebs go to now a days

whats crazy is that the movie celebs return to there roots the tv shows universe but in the streaming world

Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman, Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman ... some of cinema's biggest, most prestigious names are now doing streaming shows.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman, Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman ... some of cinema's biggest, most prestigious names are now doing streaming shows.

exactuly

 

[Set Harth]

Season 2 is the one that I had trouble with.

I like season 2 a lot more than some people but it's outshined by season 1 and will unfortunately always be seen as not-Jenna.

 

[oktay]

I like season 2 a lot more than some people but it's outshined by season 1 and will unfortunately always be seen as not-Jenna.

Jenna?