Netflix’s enterprise mannequin for the previous few years has been all about rising its subscriber base with a nonstop stream of latest content material, the overwhelming majority of it created in home, in order that they might personal these titles in perpetuity and wouldn’t want to license issues from the long-standing Hollywood movie studios. And given the economics of the enterprise, that made sense. But it didn’t precisely prioritize outdated motion pictures. For those that had been much less excited by what new mock-blockbuster Netflix had this month, there was much less and fewer stuff on Netflix to really watch.
So it’s considerably heartening to see them selling a brand new part of the service they’re calling “Milestone Movies” which is devoted fully to outdated movies celebrating anniversaries within the 12 months 2024. They’ve launched the part with movies that flip 50 in 2024 — together with such acknowledged masterpieces as Blazing Saddles, Chinatown, The Parallax View, and California Split. In truth, all the titles I simply talked about, and extra from 1974, can be found on Netflix proper now.
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Throughout the 12 months, this new part shall be replenished with different classics celebrating different anniversaries this 12 months. Movies from 1984, 1994, and 2004 shall be added in April, July, and October, respectively. Netflix’s announcement of this new initiative additionally talked about they are going to be holding milestone screenings all year long at their film theaters; the Paris in New York and the Egyptian in Los Angeles.
Now, there are solely 17 titles to begin, and they aren’t all out-and-out winners. (Maybe you’re enormous fan of the 1974 model of The Great Gatsby; I’m not.) I’m undecided anybody goes to cancel their Criterion Channel subscription over this information. (I’m actually not!) Still, it’s encouraging to see any consideration paid at Netflix to older motion pictures. Perhaps if sufficient folks watch these classic movies, their metrics will decide up on that and we’ll get extra stuff like this.
You can see the total lineup of “Milestone Movies” right here.
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