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Because of this, I have stopped watching new series on Netflix, and instead use it to re-watch older classic movies and series. YMMV on if it's worth as much bu
by krige 8y ago
Because of this, I have stopped watching new series on Netflix, and instead use it to re-watch older classic movies and series. YMMV on if it's worth as much but it's enough for me, at least for now.
- JansjoFromIkea 8y agoNetflix's classic movies selection is pretty terrible though, isn't it? I know I checked a couple of months back on the UK library for some noirs and I can't remember exactly but I think there may have only been 1 (Touch of Evil iirc)
- richmarr 8y agoUS content is much deeper than UK, most likely due to (a) operating for longer in that market and (b) better economics for going hunting for licencing rights for not-even-that-long long-tail content. In case anyone hasn't seen it, here's an eye-opening post from someone at the British Film Institite, explaining the rediculous lengths they had to go to just to do a screening of Kathryn Bigelow's "Point Break" https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/point-break-not-coming-cinema-near-you https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/com... (and the follow up when they eventually managed to get rights to show the movie) https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/point-break-quest-rights-kathryn-bigelow https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/fea...
- JansjoFromIkea 8y agoNeat article, thanks! RE: Netflix US, if this site is accurate the US is actually worse than the UK for films from the 1950s https://unogs.com/?q=-!1950,1962-!0,5-!0,10-!0,10-!Any-!Any-!Any-!Any-!I%20Don&cl=78,&pt=&st=adv&p=1&ao=and https://unogs.com/?q=-!1950,1962-!0,5-!0,10-!0,10-!Any-!Any-...
- ghaff 8y agoStreaming yes. So get a DVD subscription. Though, sadly, they’re allowing their back catalog to degrade significantly.