Perkins Cobb wrote:...it looks like we'll be stuck with streaming pretty soon, however good or bad it happens to be.
Well, if Netflix could have most of their library available for streaming that would be wondeful. However, I believe there's some contractual limitation with the major studios/distributors in that regard.
I saw an American production of Chekhov's The Seagull (Frank Langella, Blyth Danner) on Netflixstream and was initially underwhelmed (though I was impressed by Langella - didn't think him too old like some of the commenters). Despite the low production value the film left me with a strong impression. Then I borrowed a couple of British DVD filmed productions of the same play and wished I was looking at the Langella/Danner version.
Though Netflix's theater arts streams total a little over a dozen (hope this changes soon) The Seagull and the Jason Robards/Colleen Dewhurst version of Eugene O'Neil's A Moon For The Misbegotten are stellar standouts.
In possibly another step backward, it appears as though Netflix only intends to stock the DVD editions of some brand new films that are also getting Blu-ray releases, but that are not your typical mainstream fare. There is still time for this to change but for now, these are only going to be available to rent on DVD:
Nostalgia for the Light
Le quattro volte
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Indeed. Perhaps they'll replace Starz with another "high quality" content distributor for instant streaming.
I spend far too much time searching for interesting movies on the site.
One huge plus is their collection of above average television series available for streaming. I'm hanging on to it for that.
Well, if anyone has any good suggestions for unheralded but worthy films available for instant streaming on Netflix please post 'em up... the pickins is slim!
Dylan wrote:Storaro's work outside of Bertolucci is less-than stellar?! I think he's the greatest cinematographer who ever lived and everything he shot is worth looking at.
Look at Le Orme, The Fifth Cord, Malizia, Scandalo, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Caravaggio - all of these films are absolutely gorgeous.
All of Bertolucci's films without Storaro still look like Bertolucci films, but obviously without Storaro's inimitable treatment of light and shadow, replaced by Di Palma, Khondji or Cianchetti's own delicate shading.
I'm taking Dylan's suggestion on The Fifth Cord. It's up for instant streaming (for the time being).
I am particularly annoyed by this one b/c I had no idea we could do this at all previously. And there have been numerous occasions where my g/f and I have wanted to watch different things in different rooms at the same time. I had always assumed it was one stream at one time from one account.
Updated 9/7/11 -- 12:22pm ET -- "No Netflix member is limited to less than two concurrent streams," Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey reports. "A few Netflix members have heard differently from us, which is an error that we are correcting."
mfunk9786 wrote:Hulu never let you do this, to be fair.
But I can see this being really detrimental when taking into account the mobile apps. Annoying.
I think Hulu changed recently. My wife and I used to get an error when we tried to watch Hulu on our ipads at the same time, but now it seems to let us.
They snuck in On The Waterfront on me (I say snuck because you never know what's coming or going on the stream service). Another Brando flick currently available for streaming (courtesy of Starz) is The Appaloosa, a western directed by Sidney Furie which I've never seen...
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