Glenn Close elaborated on her mother backstage at the Golden Globes. Plus, several more things you didn’t see on TV, but we saw backstage
Streaming giants had a big night at the Golden Globes on Sunday, as Netflix won for “The Kominsky Method” and “Roma” and Amazon scored with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” And the debate over streaming’s impact on traditional theatrical and broadcast models continued offstage.
Alfonso Cuarón was asked directly whether the success of “Roma” might mean the death of independent film, and Michael Douglas discussed how streaming has allowed actors like himself to bridge the gap between film and TV.
But that wasn’t all that happened backstage after the Globes. Here are some things you didn’t get to see on TV.
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Michael Douglas is on Team Netflix
Douglas comes from a long line of actors, and he knows all too well that back when TV was a new medium, it was tough for actors to bridge the gap between TV and film. Why pay to see an actor when you could watch for free? Douglas said streaming has given actors the flexibility to do projects they otherwise wouldn’t.
“Streaming has made television much more acceptable to film people,” Douglas said. “A half hour comedy, which can be 25 minutes long, it can be 40 minutes long. You can say whatever you want, there are no commercials. It’s as close as you can get to having a short film.”
So is Alfonso Cuarón
The “Roma” director pushed back hard on a notion that the success of “Roma” might help kill independent cinema. He reacted to a journalist’s notion that now a movie doesn’t need a theatrical viewing window in order to get recognized for awards, and that this will hurt indie distributors of smaller films that get attention from awards.
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Cuarón has long defended Netflix for distributing a foreign language, black-and-white film. Despite its availability on Netflix, “Roma” is still playing theatrically, more than a month after its release. And the director challenged the journalist to look into just how long similar films have hung around in theaters.
“I just hope that the discussion between Netflix and of platforms and theatrical should be over. I think those guys should come together and whatever they’re doing should realize this discussion is hurting cinema,” Cuarón said. He added that the theatrical experience has become “gentrified” with just one specific product, whereas other platforms have welcomed diversity from films and filmmakers.
Mahershala Ali and Octavia Spencer again addressed the “Green Book” backlash
The family of Dr. Don Shirley called the Golden Globe winning “Green Book” “full of lies” and challenged the accuracy of the film and Dr. Shirley’s portrayal.
