Snowpiercer in movie theaters AND on Amazon Instant Video...wave of future or fluke ?

[steve2470]

This blows my mind, but I'm guessing it's the wave of the future:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LP9EE1G/ref=atv_feed_catalog

[CBGLuthier]

1. Weinstein did not want to do a lot of prints so a limited release in theaters

Harvey Weinstein had no real confidence in this movie in fact he was going to cut twenty minutes from it so the mid-west would like it more. Once it hit kind of big they scrambled for a VOD release to capitalize.

I will be throwing down on it this weekend as it will never open in my state. Harvey said so.

Yes, it is the future of "niche" cinema.

[steve2470]

2. were the 20 minutes extra violent or something ?

I'm just a bit puzzled at the Midwest reference.

eta: found some info here

http://www.classicalite.com/articles/5138/20140113/chris-evans-new-movie-snowpiercer-release-plea-captain-america-death.htm

[CBGLuthier]

3. No, he claimed it would help us folks understand it more.

Here is an article that discusses it in detail

Back in 2012, Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Co. bought US rights to the film based on its script and a few sample scenes, but when Bong turned in the finished film the distributor balked. The 126-minute runtime wasn’t as much an issue as the film’s dark tone, often brutal violence, and general creative weirdness. The wide release Weinstein envisioned now seemed risky; secondhand reports had company executives claiming the film wouldn’t be understood by audience s in Iowa and Oklahoma. Bong was told he had to cut 20 minutes or the film wouldn’t be released. In effect, he was being penalized for being too visionary.



http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/06/28/harvey-weinstein-and-saga-snowpiercer/XOoYjxsOisSUhgut1dSfmJ/story.html

[steve2470]

4. audiences in Iowa and Oklahoma ? hmmm

I'll have to read that article, thanks.

[CBGLuthier]

5. Truth is, when i read that quote a year ago, I decided Mr. Weinstein could kiss ALL of my ass.

That is the kind of movie I only can hope the world will make more of. His previous film, Mother, is one the greatest Hitchcockian type of thrillers I have seen since they put the old boy into his grave.


A political allegory SF film is tailor made for me. I even liked Altman's Quintet and that one is a real challenge. Lots of snow in that one too.

[steve2470]

6. That quote about IA and OK is a real slap in the face to those states

I think those audiences could understand it just fine. I might even lack the background to totally understand it, but I can google just fine.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Snowpiercer

I watched it on Direct TV pay-per-view over the weekend. Good movie. I'm pretty sure the people in the midwest would understand it.