Industry news: Spielberg's Netflix claim


Industry news: Spielberg's Netflix claim


Widely known and praised director Steven Spielberg has recently stated that he believes that films made for Netflix do not deserve to win Oscars. Spielberg, who is famous for making films such as E.T and Jurassic Park, told ITV news that he does not believe that they should be qualified for an award that is made to celebrate films that have been released in cinemas. As Netflix was created initially as a TV streaming site, he believes that their original films should count as TV movies and instead be nominated for Emmy's (the awards for TV shows) stating that 'once a director commits to a television format, then it should be considered a television movie'.

In recent years, Netflix and other streaming services has become more and more popular and have been blamed as one of the reasons for the recent downfall of people who are going to the cinema. One of Netflix's original movies 'Ojka' premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2017. Despite being well received by audiences, when the Netflix logo appeared onscreen many people booed due to beliefs that Netflix is not a proper film company. Spielberg is not the first director to have publicly snubbed Netflix, however. Last year Christopher Nolan- famous for films such as The Dark Knight trilogy and Dunkirk- openly said that he believes that the streaming service is 'mindless and pointless'

Some people believe that Spielberg is correct and that streaming services such as Netflix are taking away part of the cinematic experience, whilst others think that he and other directors feel threatened by Netflix's rising successes in the film industry.

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