Matt Damon On Low Attention Spans Influencing Netflix's Rules
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Key Points:
- Matt Damon highlights how streaming platforms like Netflix are changing the way action movies are made, requiring more immediate and frequent action to capture viewers' attention early on.
- He explains that filmmakers now often include major action scenes within the first five minutes and repeat plot points in dialogue to accommodate viewers who may be distracted by their phones.
- Netflix reportedly instructs writers to have characters explicitly state their actions in dialogue to help audiences follow the story when watching at home.
- Damon and Affleck's new film The Rip follows a tense story of Miami cops turning on each other after discovering a large sum of money, fitting into this new style of storytelling.
- Affleck points to the Netflix series Adolescence as a successful exception to these trends,
