Steven Spielberg has clarified his position onNetflixmovies qualify for Oscars . In the 22 years since Netflix was establish in 1997 , the company has evolved from a DVD / Blu - ray rental inspection and repair to arguably the most successful subscription - based streaming service worldwide . They ’ve also expanded their content subroutine library by bounce and bounds over the retiring few year and even begun grow original material of their own , run from telly serial likeStranger Thingsto Oscar - bring home the bacon moving picture   likeRoma .

At the same time , Netflix has become know for acquiring features that’ve struggled to find a distributor ( like Brie Larson’sUnicorn Store ) and   make them useable for streaming online ,   while at the same time release them in a handful of theaters . Naturally , this has contributed to tensions between the company and exhibitors , many of which refuse to screen Netflix movies at all . Things arrive to a caput in recent month when , shortly afterRomatook home three fully grown award at February’sAcademy Awardsceremony , word pay back out thatSpielberg was leading a campaignthat would make it more difficult for Netflix Originals to qualify for Oscars in the first place .

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As you may imagine , this propel a response from not only Netflix , but alsoRomawriter - manager Alfonso Cuarón , and   others across the film industry . Many   journalist were also quick to point out thatSpielberg ’s campaign would only hurt the little filmsthat are already fight to find statistical distribution as is . However , in an electronic mail to theNYT , Spielberg clarified his position on the takings , have it clear that his top concern is keep the movie field custom alive :

“ I want citizenry to find their entertainment in any phase or fashion that suits them . Big screen , small screen - what really matters to me is a great news report and everyone should have access to great stories . However , I finger hoi polloi need to have the opportunity to leave the safe and conversant of their life and go to a place where they can sit in the company of others and have a shared experience - cry together , laugh together , be afraid together - so that when it ’s over they might feel a little less like strangers . I desire to see the survival of the fittest of flick house . I desire the theatrical experience to stay on relevant in our culture . ”

While Spielberg hassaid in the pastthat he felt Netflix picture show were " telly movies " and should n’t measure up for Oscars circumstance , it ’s certainly potential he ’s amended his views on the discipline since then . The filmmaker has long been famous for defending the cinematic experience and even resisted havingE.T.released on VHS back in the eighties , out of fear that   the home video market would negatively impact flick theatergoing in universal . That ’s to say , he ’s always been leery of people having new ways to catch movies at home , out of business organization that it will finally result in them no longer being able to see films on the grownup screen . For the metre being , however , it appears that   his friendJeffrey Katzenberg was right about Spielbergwanting to detect means to workwithNetflix , not against them .

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