Det er så sandelig ikke første gang at en filminstruktør med stærk forkærlighed for det fokus der kommer på en storfilm igennem en biograf, kritiserer streamingtjenester for hvad de mener er en udvanding af netop det fokus.
Steven Spielberg siger i et interview med New York Times at selvom at han forstår de forskellige tjenesters værdi for forbrugeren, så har han ikke meget til overs for Netflix, og HBO Max.
"The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given theatrical releases. They were paid off and the films were suddenly relegated to, in this case, HBO Max. The case I'm talking about. And then everything started to change.
"I think older audiences were relieved that they didn't have to step on sticky popcorn. But I really believe those same older audiences, once they got into the theater, the magic of being in a social situation with a bunch of strangers is a tonic... it's up to the movies to be good enough to get all the audiences to say that to each other when the lights come back up."
Spielberg er lige nu biografaktuel med en semi-biografisk fiktionsfilm ved navn The Fabelmans.