Netflix defends its impact on the movie business ahead of Oscars debate
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Netflix did pretty well at this year’s Academy Awards, but it’s also facing pushback from some big names in the movie business.
“Roma” took home more high-profile Oscars (Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography) than any Netflix or streaming original before it. But it lost out to “Green Book” for Best Picture, a race where its association with Netflix may have hurt its chances — though it faced other obstacles, like the fact that the Academy has never given Best Picture to a foreign language film.
My guess is that ‘Roma’ would have won if it wasn’t for the preferential ballot. Many Oscar voters that I talked to truly loved it, but also a bloc voted against it because they didn’t want a Netflix movie to land best picture.
#Oscars— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh)
February 25, 2019
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