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The problem with this line of thinking is that it will pretty much never be cost-efficient to make a German language movie with a limited market compared to a E

The problem with this line of thinking is that it will pretty much never be cost-efficient to make a German language movie with a limited market compared to a English movie. No matter how great it is. It is even worse for smaller countries like Finland or Netherlands. There will NEVER be comparable ratings for a Dutch comedy show vs Modern Family with a global audience. So unless regulated, investments will shift to the lowest common denominator, ie. English.

dragandj 8y ago
On the other hand, it is absolutely possible to create good content with moderate/low budgets. And European local audiences love and watch films or TV series in their local languages... when these are passably good. But they don't like crap, and most of the local production is, unfortunately, just a shitty version of US stuff. The same bland generic ideas, but with worse acting, scripts, and production, on a lower budget.
mrep 8y ago
Movies might be harder, but I really liked "Dark" which is a Netflix made German show [0]. [0]: https://www.thelocal.de/20171122/netflix-premiers-first-ever-original-german-series https://www.thelocal.de/20171122/netflix-premiers-first-ever...
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swebs 8y ago
There's plenty of Finnish TV shows that are popular within Finland. Children and the elderly do not have English literacy rates as high as the rest of the population. Most kids shows are either produced locally or dubbed in Finnish.
bmmayer1 8y ago
But, isn't this literally the point of the European common market? Germans make the best pretzels, Italians make the best olive oil, and French make the best cheese, and all the countries can share their exports with each other with no trade barriers. Why should protectionism be embraced for cultural exports when the EU was literally established to eliminate protectionism for other exports?
- v_lisivka 8y ago
  Because "Freedom to speech" and "Freedom of thought, conscience and religion" are basic human rights.
  - lostmsu 8y ago
    Most of those are not freedoms. How many people actually ask their kids which primary language they want to speak, and which religion they want to follow beforeahead?
lostmsu 8y ago
Then switch to English. Having multiple world languages is a giant waste of resources on a dubious premise, that slightly different perspectives of speakers bring more on the table. Not to mention, that this is one of the reasons we still have borders, wars, etc, etc.

dragandj 8y ago

On the other hand, it is absolutely possible to create good content with moderate/low budgets. And European local audiences love and watch films or TV series in their local languages... when these are passably good. But they don't like crap, and most of the local production is, unfortunately, just a shitty version of US stuff. The same bland generic ideas, but with worse acting, scripts, and production, on a lower budget.

mrep 8y ago

Movies might be harder, but I really liked "Dark" which is a Netflix made German show [0]. [0]: https://www.thelocal.de/20171122/netflix-premiers-first-ever-original-german-series https://www.thelocal.de/20171122/netflix-premiers-first-ever...

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swebs 8y ago

There's plenty of Finnish TV shows that are popular within Finland. Children and the elderly do not have English literacy rates as high as the rest of the population. Most kids shows are either produced locally or dubbed in Finnish.

bmmayer1 8y ago

But, isn't this literally the point of the European common market? Germans make the best pretzels, Italians make the best olive oil, and French make the best cheese, and all the countries can share their exports with each other with no trade barriers. Why should protectionism be embraced for cultural exports when the EU was literally established to eliminate protectionism for other exports?

v_lisivka 8y ago
Because "Freedom to speech" and "Freedom of thought, conscience and religion" are basic human rights.
- lostmsu 8y ago
  Most of those are not freedoms. How many people actually ask their kids which primary language they want to speak, and which religion they want to follow beforeahead?

lostmsu 8y ago

Then switch to English. Having multiple world languages is a giant waste of resources on a dubious premise, that slightly different perspectives of speakers bring more on the table. Not to mention, that this is one of the reasons we still have borders, wars, etc, etc.