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Peter Bart: In Forging New Netflix Deal, Will Spielberg Find Himself Revisiting Old DreamWorks Dilemmas?

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A man of formidable ego, Samuel Goldwyn once confided that, while he’d basically invented Hollywood, he disliked the word “movie.” It sounded “dopey and made-up,” he told me.I wonder what he would think about the word “streamer.” Dictionaries still describe “streamer” as a strip of material, but the word defines Hollywood today, just as “movie” once did.

It’s a streamer town, and it’s now Steven Spielberg who’s been positioned to help drive the action.Last week when Netflix revealed its new mega-deal with Spielberg, the town’s dealmakers (including rivals) agreed it was a “natural.” The filmmaker who gave us Schindler’s List and Jaws would help fulfill Netflix’s voracious appetite for content.

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