It certainly opens a door for people. And then it's their choice on how to use it, or if they choose to go through it. |
It?s curious that the two people who are pushing the closed-window policy are the two people who own (channels) that need to get on cable systems. |
The biggest problem with the day-and-date business is for the art film world. Where would March of the Penguins be if it was day-and-date on TV? Or My Big Fat Greek Wedding ? The art film world needs that long window to let the word of mouth expand. If you cut that out, you lose a lot of that success. |
The picture ('Capote') had a great run in Red Bank and it will be back there. And, well, for Sony Pictures Classics to have seven nominations in a (Hollywood) studio world, it's one of the high points of the last 15 years. |
We think it's the year of Philip Seymour Hoffman. |