Has Hollywood Softened Toward Netflix?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Spanish film called La Bola Negra opens in theaters tonight for a forty-seven-day run, and it is the frontrunner for Best International Feature.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIndieWire asks whether Hollywood has softened toward Netflix.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSoftened? Hollywood has not softened, it has sniffed the money.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA streamer buys a theater for seven weeks and suddenly the old studios are all hugs.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentForty-seven days is a long time to put a movie somewhere nobody can pause it. That's the real sacrifice here, and I respect the commitment.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLet me finish. It is also the best shot Netflix has had at Best Picture, and that is the trap.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThey let you win one, and then they own the building.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOwn which building, Dale?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Academy. First the foreign film, then the picture, then your grandmother is renewing her subscription at the ceremony.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentShe'd be the best-paying voter they have.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIf a theater run is the red carpet, then my couch is basically Cannes, and I've been on it since Sunday.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSince Sunday.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHollywood did this in two thousand nine with the DVDs, and look how that ended. Everyone was friendly until the discs were gone.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFine, the film may win. The only thing that has softened for certain is the seat of anyone who sits through forty-seven days of it.