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09.01.2024 / 20:02
Willem Dafoe: ‘Challenging Movies’ Don’t Do Well on Streaming Because ‘People Go Home’ and Say ‘Let’s Watch Something Stupid Tonight’
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Willem Dafoe recently told The Guardian that “more difficult movies, more challenging movies” usually fail to perform well on streaming platforms because most subscribers just want to go home and “watch something stupid.” That’s a problem for someone like Dafoe, whose movies are often dense and challenging such as “The Northman,” “Inside” and “Poor Things,” just to same a few of his recent offerings. “The kind of attention that people give at home isn’t the same,” Dafoe said.