Steven Spielberg Thinks Netflix Films Are 'TV Movies' & Shouldn¡¯t Get Oscar Consideration
Steven Spielberg has won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan as well as received five other nominations. He understands what goes behind making a film for a global audience that hits the silver screen. He also quick to tell us that Netflix movies are not the same as big movies.
He is one of the pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.In a career spanning more than four decades, filmmaker Steven Spielberg's movies have spanned many themes and genres.
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Spielberg has also won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as received five other nominations. He understands what goes behind making a film for a global audience that hits the silver screen. And he also quick to tell us that Netflix movies are not the same as big movies.
Since Netflix began distributing movies, the industry has been rife with contention about whether such films deserve the same recognition as traditional, theatrically released films, particularly when it comes to the Academy Awards.
Spielberg shared his views in an interview with ITV News, reports variety.com.
¡°Once you commit to a television format, you¡¯re a TV movie. You certainly, if it¡¯s a good show, deserve an Emmy, but not an Oscar. I don¡¯t believe films that are just given token qualifications in a couple of theatres for less than a week should qualify for the Academy Award nomination,¡± Spielberg said.
Netflix just started gaining awards recognition for films like Dee Rees¡¯ Mudbound, which received a one-week theatrical release and New York, and Ava DuVernay¡¯s 13th, which did not release in theatres and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2016 Academy Awards.
Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan has also weighed in on Netflix, calling the streaming giant¡¯s release plans bizarre and mindless. He later apologised to Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, however, calling his remarks ¡°undiplomatic¡±.
Cannes established a rule after last year¡¯s festival that in the future, any films that are selected for competition must also commit to a theatrical distribution.
What do you think? Are Netflix and amazon movies eligible for Oscars?
