Overview
- The Rip, a heist thriller starring and produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, premiered on Netflix this weekend.
- On The Joe Rogan Experience, Damon said Netflix now pushes for a major set piece within the first five minutes and for dialogue to restate the plot several times to keep phone-distracted viewers engaged.
- He warned those requests could constrain storytelling, and he did not say whether such notes applied to their film; Business Insider reported Netflix did not comment.
- Affleck partly concurred, defended the cinema experience, and cited Netflix’s Adolescence as evidence that unconventional pacing can still grip audiences.
- Reports say The Rip uses a special agreement that could give bonuses to cast and crew based on the film’s performance on the service.