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James Lantz's avatar

I agree AND I'm looking forward to your follow up on why Global Streaming is not compatible with art or truth.

Specifically, I'm looking to understand what makes Global Streaming different from the mega studios of yore -- or whether Global Streaming is just the latest evolution and perfection of a mainstream corporate machine that has just gotten too large and too loud for a distracted culture to ignore.

I know I've posted this Rilke quote before, but it seems worth repeating here:

"Behold the machine,

How it rolls and wreaks vengeance.

And maims and weakens us."

(From Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 2 Number 18)

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Dane Benko's avatar

Very interesting that you cite Mubi as specifically an alternative model. I agree and shill it often, but without really knowing it's background business model.

I have a long history with Mubi going back to when it was a cinephile discussion board called The Auteurs. It took a very strange and convoluted path to become what it is today.

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