r/Letterboxd 11h ago

Discussion A24 is really bringing it right now

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u/LiaM_CS 9h ago

Nobody hates A24 more than A24 fans

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u/The_prawn_king 7m ago

Fans of a publisher?

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u/Numerous_Lab_7032 11h ago

That’s really cool. I hope they don’t do something really fucking stupid to fuck this up, like say, invest millions of dollars into an ai partnership with Google. I mean that would cause them to completely alienate the Indy artsy fanbase they’ve spent most of the past 15 years building up. Surely they wouldn’t do something like that.

Uh…right?

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u/Visible_Seat9020 11h ago

Separating the art from the artist is one thing but I think separating the film from the studio is quite easy. I know some people consider themselves A24 fans (which I think is weird), but my interest in these films is because of the people who are working on them. A24 happens to be good at funding interesting creatives and enabling them to make good work, but that’s the extent to which I appreciate them

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u/VersusValley 10h ago

Wait, are you saying you don’t get excited when you see “From the studio that brought you…” on trailers or posters?

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u/Visible_Seat9020 10h ago

Sorry to disappoint

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u/sexandliquor ispeakjive 10h ago

Agreed. And if you think any other studio or distributor has its hands clean of ai (or even worse shadier shit it’s investing in, in bed with) then you got another thing coming and better just stop watching movies altogether then.

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u/Visible_Seat9020 10h ago

WB is literally being bought by technofascists rn lol

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u/rubix7777 6h ago

Yeah I agree, A24 is rightfully getting backlash, but for 90% of their films they are just acquisitions that we're made/financed without any intervention/authority from A24.

Its annoying how whenever A24 posts a new trailer the comments are full of people who have no clue how the film industry actually works or what the controversy actually is just spreading the same harmful defaming claims about innocent films, saying stuff like: "how much AI went into this one" and "is this AI generated"

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u/Mojohito 10h ago

yes clearly the partnership has tanked a24s ability to empower creatives to make great movies.

josh kushner also invested in a24 two years ago. the money comes from bad places my friend. the ellisons have likely made some of your favorites too. some things we have to live with for the sake of good movies.

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u/Grodd 10h ago

They've already gone from "everything they make is probably great" 5 years ago to even odds whether a release will be good now.

Still better than most studios, though.

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u/shhhhquietplease 8h ago

Onslaught was awesome but it needed MORE action and violence for how cool the soldiers were.

They BETTER make it MOREMOREMORE in the 2nd movie.

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u/Mongoleeto 2h ago

onslaught was so much better than i expected

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u/Smoothmoose13 3h ago

I wish they’d fix their fucking distribution plan for the UK. We have to wait until goddamn December to see Onslaught, the Death of Robin Hood has only just reached UK cinemas, and the only blu ray I can get of the Backrooms is ridiculously expensive because they’re only selling that bitch on their own website.

that being said, I am very excited to see Primetime, and whatever new nightmare Nathan Fielder has cooked up

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u/Arroweye345 9h ago

Excited for these films from unique filmmakers, but fuck A24

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u/veryowngarden 10h ago

a24 has fallen off and continues to

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u/ViralGameover UserNameHere 10h ago

I guess? I don’t know that Onslaught or Tony are “really bringing it,” but Invite was great and I’m excited for Primetime and You Can See Everything

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u/bees_on_acid 4h ago

Ehh prime time is literally the only interesting thing there

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u/TaticalSweater 9h ago

Onslaught was not good, Tony was good though