Robert Hutton on Cinema

Long story short

IF I HAD THE SKILLS TO HACK THE computers of the Apple Corporation, I wouldn’t go hunting for the specs of the new iPhone. What I want to know, more than anything, is at what point people at home stop watching Killers of the Flower Moon. Martin Scorsese’s vastly overpraised drama is now streaming on Apple TV, which funded the film. But at three and a half hours long, what percentage of the audience is getting through it in one shift? How many people are deciding that it’s late in the evening, there’s another 90 minutes to go, and nothing has really happened yet, so they might as well leave the rest until tomorrow? Which leads me to my next question: how many of them ever finish it? Like doorstop…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2024

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