Netflix: Roma and Oscar expectations
The night of the Oscars is approaching, and the bookmakers give as great favorite, in the best film category, "Roma" by Cuaron. This is a movie produced by Netflix. At stake, on the evening of February 24th, there will be much of the future of the streaming giant. In case of victory, it would take place the first award to a movie not produced by a traditional major, but by a company founded in 2015 as a supplier of streaming products. This could establish the possibility that the future of cinema are going to be no longer as a queue at the box office, more or less comfortable seats, popcorn and social vision, but a vision at home (something similar to Kindle with the book market). The big multi-screens cinemas have rejected "Roma" because Netflix requires the transition to the cinemas exclusively for three weeks, instead of the canonical three months. This kind of revenues counts so little for their balance sheets that they did not even provide d...