@cliquester - that thing about the Coen brothers removing a few minutes from the Millers Crossing Criterion release is baffling stuff, no idea what possesses filmmakers to do this
Yeah it’s crazy; not even them actually doing it like they did with Blood Simple, but nobody saying anything at Criterion until it was already on sale, then it turns out there are 76 changes!
Using Pixar now to bump up subscriber numbers for Disney+ - must be pretty infuriating for Pixar staff, especially when stuff like Sing 2 is raking it in at the cinema at the moment and Disney films like Encanto get a cinema release
Rumour is that Disney heads dumped it on to + because they didn’t think a film about a Chinese girl would bring in crowds to cinemas. When they green lit it they were thinking of that sweet Chinese box office but now China aren’t releasing Disney films for some reason.
The Mulan film from a couple of years ago was “culturally offensive” and they’ve banned all Disney films since. Everyone else is still releasing films.