Carol Morley | Director on importance of disc releases, “worst fear” of being deleted from streaming
Director Carol Morley says that owning DVDs and Blu-rays “makes archivists of us all”, as she expresses the filmmaker fear of their movie being deleted.
Director Carol Morley has made an impassioned defence of physical media – and cited the importance of actual disc releases for a director’s films – as her latest feature Typist Artist Pirate King is released on a joint Blu-ray and DVD edition.
The director told industry newsletter The Raygun that having her films removed from a streaming service after leaving one of her films in its hands was her “worst fear”.
Her passionate defence of DVD and Blu-ray formats comes as the creative community and many directors voice concerns over films vanishing without warning from streaming services. That’s even before some studios can finished films before they’re even released.
In a lengthy missive supporting the release of her film, she said that “the idea...
Director Carol Morley has made an impassioned defence of physical media – and cited the importance of actual disc releases for a director’s films – as her latest feature Typist Artist Pirate King is released on a joint Blu-ray and DVD edition.
The director told industry newsletter The Raygun that having her films removed from a streaming service after leaving one of her films in its hands was her “worst fear”.
Her passionate defence of DVD and Blu-ray formats comes as the creative community and many directors voice concerns over films vanishing without warning from streaming services. That’s even before some studios can finished films before they’re even released.
In a lengthy missive supporting the release of her film, she said that “the idea...
- 1/31/2024
- by Tim Murray
- Film Stories
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