It’s kind of cool that Amazon Studios is releasing Gleasing, which just made the Oscar short list for documentary, because now they have their own streaming platform and can put the movie on it for all to see as long as they’re Amazon Prime members. Is it cool or isn’t it, I don’t know, but it seems to me to be a crucial adaptation to a fast changing culture. Technology is competitive, as we know, Amazon competes with Hulu, Youtube and Netflix, and probably sooner rather than later with Facebook and Google – it is a wide open industry and the rules are being defined as they go along. Either way, Gleason is there and you can watch it if you’re a member.
Gleason seems like a strong bet for the doc category, along with OJ Made in America and 13th. The trailer alone destroyed me.