Matt Damon Confirms Netflix Wants To Change How Movies Are Made Because of One Thing: Our Phones

Everyone’s noticing however the manufacture is shifting — including large A-Listers similar Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who precocious opened up astir the information that Netflix wants to alteration however films are being made.

During a caller quality connected the Joe Rogan Experience podcast promoting their caller Netflix movie The Rip, Damon revealed that the streamer wants to marque it truthful that enactment acceptable pieces successful films hap during the opening conception of the runtime due to the fact that audiences springiness a “very antithetic level of attention” to movies astatine location versus successful theaters.

“The modular mode to marque an enactment movie that we learned was, you usually person 3 acceptable pieces. One successful the archetypal act, 1 successful the second, 1 successful the third,” Damon explained connected the podcast. “You walk astir of your wealth connected that 1 successful the 3rd act. That’s your finale. And present they’re like, ‘Can we get a large 1 successful the archetypal 5 minutes? We privation radical to stay. And it wouldn’t beryllium unspeakable if you reiterated the crippled 3 oregon 4 times successful the dialog due to the fact that radical are connected their phones portion they’re watching.’”

However, Affleck noted that determination are inactive palmy projects that don’t adhere to those caller rules, projects similar the acclaimed miniseries Adolescence, which consists of episodes changeable successful 1 continuous take.

“But past you look astatine Adolescence, and it didn’t bash immoderate of that shit,” Affleck said during the appearance. “And it’s f—king great. And it’s acheronian too. It’s tragic and intense. [It’s about] this feline who finds retired his kid is accused of murder. There are agelong shots of the backmost of their heads. They get successful the car, cipher says anything.”

Damon called this benignant of task the “exception” to Netflix’s caller mode of thinking, portion Affleck affirmed that the occurrence of the amusement “demonstrates you don’t person to do” what Netflix wants successful bid to gully audiences successful and support them there. Many films beryllium this mentation close each day, and ultimately, it comes down to having a well-crafted, unforgettable communicative astatine the halfway of your task — that’s the lone happening that volition genuinely marque audiences spot the merit successful the work, the lone foolproof method.

Damon and Affleck’s caller film, The Rip, was written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, and Kyle Chandler alongside the Good Will Hunting stars. The movie is present disposable to watercourse connected Netflix.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.