AND WHY EVEN SCORSESE COULDN’T RESIST WORKING A STREAMING
RESIST WORKING A STREAMING SERVICE.
SERVICE. >> IT’S BEEN ANOTHER BIG YEAR
>> IT’S BEEN ANOTHER BIG YEAR FOR HOLLYWOOD, AND THIS YEAR’S
FOR HOLLYWOOD, AND THIS YEAR’S BOX OFFICE CHARTS ARE AGAIN,
BOX OFFICE CHARTS ARE AGAIN, DOMINATED BY DISNEY BLOCKBUSTER
DOMINATED BY DISNEY BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES, "AVENGERS: ENDGAME," THE
MOVIES, "AVENGERS: ENDGAME," THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR EARNED
BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR EARNED $2.7 BILLION WORLDWIDE, BUT ONE
$2.7 BILLION WORLDWIDE, BUT ONE DIRECTOR DOESN’T CONSIDER THE
DIRECTOR DOESN’T CONSIDER THE COMIC BOOK GENRE TO BE TRUE
COMIC BOOK GENRE TO BE TRUE CINEMA AND HIS COMMENT ABOUT
CINEMA AND HIS COMMENT ABOUT MARVEL HAS KICKED OFF A HEATED
MARVEL HAS KICKED OFF A HEATED DEBATE, ELEVATING THE AGE OLD
DEBATE, ELEVATING THE AGE OLD FRICTION.
FRICTION. >> THEATERS BECOME AMUSEMENT
>> THEATERS BECOME AMUSEMENT PARKS, THAT’S A DIFFERENT
PARKS, THAT’S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. IT’S NOT EVEN -- IT’S NOT
IT’S NOT EVEN -- IT’S NOT CINEMA.
CINEMA. IT’S SOMETHING ELSE.
IT’S SOMETHING ELSE. >> MARTIN SCORSESE WHOSE CREDITS
>> MARTIN SCORSESE WHOSE CREDITS INCLUDE "THE WOLF OF WALL
INCLUDE "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET" IS OUT PROMOTING HIS
STREET" IS OUT PROMOTING HIS NEWEST MOVIE "THE IRISHMAN"
NEWEST MOVIE "THE IRISHMAN" WHICH WILL HAVE ITS DEBUT ON
WHICH WILL HAVE ITS DEBUT ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2827th7th.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2827th7th. IT IS THE CINEMA OF HUMAN BEINGS
IT IS THE CINEMA OF HUMAN BEINGS TRYING TO CONVEY EMOTIONAL
TRYING TO CONVEY EMOTIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES TO
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, ON ONE SIDE
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE THE BIG MONEYMAKERS
YOU HAVE THE BIG MONEYMAKERS LIKE MARVEL.
LIKE MARVEL. THESE MADE BRAKE LIGHTS ATILLION
THESE MADE BRAKE LIGHTS ATILLION OFFICE.
OFFICE. EVEN THOUGH IT COMES FROM ONE OF
EVEN THOUGH IT COMES FROM ONE OF CINEMA’S MOST BANKABLE
CINEMA’S MOST BANKABLE DIRECTORS, THE LONG LENS AND
DIRECTORS, THE LONG LENS AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE AGE OF THE
POSSIBLY EVEN THE AGE OF THE ACTORS INVOLVED ALL WEIGHED
ACTORS INVOLVED ALL WEIGHED AGAINST IT SAID SCORSESE, HE
AGAINST IT SAID SCORSESE, HE LIKE MOST BIG FILM DIRECTORS IS
LIKE MOST BIG FILM DIRECTORS IS COMMITTED TO SELLING HIS MOVIES
COMMITTED TO SELLING HIS MOVIES IN THEATERS.
IN THEATERS. HE ENDED UP MAKING THE IRISHMAN
HE ENDED UP MAKING THE IRISHMAN WITH A STREAMING PLATFORM
WITH A STREAMING PLATFORM NETFLIX WHICH PRIORITIZES
NETFLIX WHICH PRIORITIZES BRINGING FILMS TO PEOPLE AT
BRINGING FILMS TO PEOPLE AT HOME.
HOME. THE IRISHMAN LANGUISHED FOR
THE IRISHMAN LANGUISHED FOR ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL NETFLIX
ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL NETFLIX AGREED TO PICK IT UP AND AGREED
AGREED TO PICK IT UP AND AGREED TO COMMIT TO ITS BIG BUDGET
TO COMMIT TO ITS BIG BUDGET NORTH OF $125 MILLION ACCORDING
NORTH OF $125 MILLION ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD NEWS OUTLET
TO HOLLYWOOD NEWS OUTLET DEADLINE.
DEADLINE. IT’S ALREADY WON RAVE REVIEWS
IT’S ALREADY WON RAVE REVIEWS FROM CRITICS AND HAS BEEN
FROM CRITICS AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS A POTENTIAL OSCAR
DISCUSSED AS A POTENTIAL OSCAR CONTENDER.
CONTENDER. MOVIE BOX OFFICE SALES IN 2019,
MOVIE BOX OFFICE SALES IN 2019, TO MATCH LAST YEAR’S RECORD
TO MATCH LAST YEAR’S RECORD 11.8 BILLION.
11.8 BILLION. 9.8 BILLION YEAR-TO-DATE,
9.8 BILLION YEAR-TO-DATE, THEY’RE LOOKING TO ATTRACT
THEY’RE LOOKING TO ATTRACT YOUNGSTERS WITH BIG SELLING
YOUNGSTERS WITH BIG SELLING BLOCKBUSTERS.
BLOCKBUSTERS. THE STREAMING PLATFORMS ARE
THE STREAMING PLATFORMS ARE INCREASINGLY STEPPING IN
INCREASINGLY STEPPING IN INDIVIDUAL FILMMAKERS.
INDIVIDUAL FILMMAKERS. FROM SCORSESE, WHILE APPLE ALSO
FROM SCORSESE, WHILE APPLE ALSO HAS -- IN THE PROCESS, THEY’RE
HAS -- IN THE PROCESS, THEY’RE CHANGING THE ECONOMICS AND THE
CHANGING THE ECONOMICS AND THE DEFINITION OF CINEMA.
DEFINITION OF CINEMA. TYPICALLY JUST HAVE A WINDOW OF
TYPICALLY JUST HAVE A WINDOW OF 90 DAYS TO SHOW MOVIES
90 DAYS TO SHOW MOVIES EXCLUSIVELY, AND ONE MAJOR
EXCLUSIVELY, AND ONE MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR AMC WOULDN’T AGREE
DISTRIBUTOR AMC WOULDN’T AGREE TO SHOW "THE IRISHMAN" BECAUSE
TO SHOW "THE IRISHMAN" BECAUSE IT DIDN’T WANT TO SWEEP THE
IT DIDN’T WANT TO SWEEP THE SO-CALLED WINDOW.
SO-CALLED WINDOW. THE STREAMING PLATFORMS RELEASED
THE STREAMING PLATFORMS RELEASED IN THEATERS TO GET RED CARPET
IN THEATERS TO GET RED CARPET TREATMENT AS WELL AS A CRUCIAL
TREATMENT AS WELL AS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF ENTERING THE
COMPONENT OF ENTERING THE ACADEMY AWARDS.
ACADEMY AWARDS. NETFLIX ANNOUNCED -- OWNS PART
NETFLIX ANNOUNCED -- OWNS PART OF THE EGYPTIAN THEATER IN LOS
OF THE EGYPTIAN THEATER IN LOS ANGELES.
ANGELES. ITS SUBJECT TO NOTORIOUS
ITS SUBJECT TO NOTORIOUS HOLLYWOOD ACCOUNTING.
HOLLYWOOD ACCOUNTING. SUGGESTED AROUND 80% LOSE MONEY.
SUGGESTED AROUND 80% LOSE MONEY. RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA BACK IN 2016 FOUND THAT
IOWA BACK IN 2016 FOUND THAT ONE-THIRD OF 2,500 MOVIES THEY
ONE-THIRD OF 2,500 MOVIES THEY STUDYIED WERE PROFITABILITY.
STUDYIED WERE PROFITABILITY. THAT’S OFTEN NOT THE CONCERN.
THAT’S OFTEN NOT THE CONCERN. >> WHERE DO YOUNG PEOPLE GO TO
>> WHERE DO YOUNG PEOPLE GO TO GET THEIR FILMS NOW?
GET THEIR FILMS NOW? I HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAVE NO IDEA. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THEM MADE,
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THEM MADE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE SHOWN
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE SHOWN WHEN THE THEATERS ARE ALL TAKEN
WHEN THE THEATERS ARE ALL TAKEN OVER BY THE THEME PARK FILMS?
OVER BY THE THEME PARK FILMS? WHERE THE THEATERS HAVE BECOME
WHERE THE THEATERS HAVE BECOME AMUSEMENT PARKS?
AMUSEMENT PARKS? THAT’S ALL FINE AND GOOD, BUT
THAT’S ALL FINE AND GOOD, BUT DON’T INVADE EVERYTHING ELSE.
DON’T INVADE EVERYTHING ELSE. >> A FILM’S A FILM.
>> A FILM’S A FILM. EVERYBODY DOESN’T LIKE THIS
EVERYBODY DOESN’T LIKE THIS STUFF EITHER.
STUFF EITHER. EVERYBODY’S GOT AN OPINION.
EVERYBODY’S GOT AN OPINION. IT’S OKAY.
IT’S OKAY. >> LIKE SKOECORSESE’S GANGSTER
>> LIKE SKOECORSESE’S GANGSTER CHARACTERS HE’S NOT BACKING
CHARACTERS HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN.
DOWN. FOR ANYONE WHO DREAMS OF MAKING
FOR ANYONE WHO DREAMS OF MAKING MOVIES OR IS JUST STARTING OUT,
MOVIES OR IS JUST STARTING OUT, THE SITUATION AT THIS MOMENT IS
THE SITUATION AT THIS MOMENT IS BRUTAL AND INHOSPITABLE TO ART.
BRUTAL AND INHOSPITABLE TO ART. SCORSESE SAYS NETFLIX MADE A
SCORSESE SAYS NETFLIX MADE A COMMITMENT TO A FULL BUDGET, NO
COMMITMENT TO A FULL BUDGET, NO INTERFERENCE, AND THE TIME HE
INTERFERENCE, AND THE TIME HE NEEDED TO GET IT MADE.
NEEDED TO GET IT MADE. STILL "THE IRISHMAN" MAY BE THE
STILL "THE IRISHMAN" MAY BE THE FIRST SIGNS OF REAL COMPROMISE
FIRST SIGNS OF REAL COMPROMISE BETWEEN NETFLIX, FILMMAKERS AND
BETWEEN NETFLIX, FILMMAKERS AND FILM GOERS.
FILM GOERS. THE MOVIE WILL CONTINUE ITS
