Who Can Save Netflix Films? Richard Rushfield Has Two Names
How do you solve a problem like Netflix Film, and who is best positioned to figure it out?
“As currently constructed, it’s an impossible job,” Richard Rushfield tells Elaine Low and Sean McNulty on this week’s pod. The problem? Netflix wants to churn out 30-plus movies a year, deliver the next KPop Demon Hunters, compete for Oscars and somehow make films that actually become cultural events. And it’s increasingly failing at that last part. Netflix, Richard warns, is “starting to look like the Walmart of streaming” — and losing market share in the process.
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