MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3

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PostMUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Christopher » Tue May 18, 2010 11:19 am

Hello,

We are MUBI.

Who? What?

Ok, lets make this simple… Do you know who Kubrick is? What about Antonioni? David Lynch? Ring any bells?

It’s ok, don’t bother if you don’t…

But if you are still reading you are going to like this a lot.

Well, we are MUBI and we are basically transforming your PS3 console into your own online cinema. (You can still play games and all that, don’t worry!) We couldn’t resist the idea of everyone having their own exquisite film library—And that’s it in a nutshell.

But lets get this straight, we are not just an online cinema and we are not just some tech and film geeks in California—well, some of us are, yes—but we are 300,000 friends talking, discovering, and sharing films with one another every day. In fact, every 2 minutes there’s someone joining us. Yes. 2 minutes. Sorry to get a bit geeky (we warned you!), but that’s 700 people joining each day. Not bad… but joining what?

The truth is, we can’t even start explaining. But let’s try this: At the moment, some of us are at the Cannes Film Festival announcing a major collaboration with SCEE for PS3. So, soon, you will find a new application on your console, which will let you stream the best of international cinema from the comforts of your couch. This is not a simple virtual videostore; we emphasize quality over quantity. You’ll find undistributed festival gems ripe for your discovery, your favorite recent independent and art-house releases. Names like the Coen brothers, Godard, Kitano, Almodóvar, Tarantino, and Van Sant are some we’ll bring home to you. Palm d’Or winners and simply films we think should have won awards. But that’s not all. We’ll bring you exclusive online premieres, collaborations with international film festivals, and retrospectives of some of the best cinema the world has ever seen.

And as we said, we love talking and sharing wonderful cinema too. Which makes MUBI like a small coffee shop, a place where you can gather and chat about alternative endings, directors’ cuts, or whatever those frogs in Magnolia meant. You can follow members and interact with them: This is Martin Scorsese’s profile for instance (he happens to be a member!). Anyway, you get the point. We’ve spent some time tying together an online cinema with a simple, engaging social network to help film lovers spread around the world connect over the movies they love best. And that is that. Welcome to MUBI.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/05/18/ps3-mubi-you/

Awesome. I love Vidzone and have been using blinkbox a lot recently. Another cool application.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Drunken_Master » Tue May 18, 2010 11:23 am

I would have thought your average PS3 fan would have been into Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and those street dancing films.

Innit.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Christopher » Tue May 18, 2010 11:24 am

Drunken_Master wrote:I would have thought your average PS3 fan would have been into Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and those street dancing films.

Innit.


I thought the 360 had Sky Movies streaming?

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by rudderless » Tue May 18, 2010 11:25 am

Fantastic news. Will definitely use this.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Drunken_Master » Tue May 18, 2010 11:26 am

suzzopher wrote:
Drunken_Master wrote:I would have thought your average PS3 fan would have been into Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and those street dancing films.

Innit.


I thought the 360 had Sky Movies streaming?


I saw Ray's Apu trilogy and Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Sky Movies. 8-)

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by satriales » Tue May 18, 2010 11:27 am

This is awesome. I can't wait :mrgreen:

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Knoyleo » Tue May 18, 2010 11:27 am

(You can still play games and all that, don’t worry!)

lol gud 1

Nah, seriously, this sounds like an awesome idea. I can't wait.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Christopher » Tue May 18, 2010 11:28 am

Drunken_Master wrote:
suzzopher wrote:
Drunken_Master wrote:I would have thought your average PS3 fan would have been into Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and those street dancing films.

Innit.


I thought the 360 had Sky Movies streaming?


I saw Ray's Apu trilogy and Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Sky Movies. 8-)


You saw them or watched them ;)

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by satriales » Tue May 18, 2010 11:31 am


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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Drunken_Master » Tue May 18, 2010 11:31 am

suzzopher wrote:
Drunken_Master wrote:
suzzopher wrote:
Drunken_Master wrote:I would have thought your average PS3 fan would have been into Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and those street dancing films.

Innit.


I thought the 360 had Sky Movies streaming?


I saw Ray's Apu trilogy and Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Sky Movies. 8-)


You saw them or watched them ;)


Saw them. I was looking for Step up 2 the Streets at the time.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Banjo » Tue May 18, 2010 11:43 am

When you said Ray I thought you meant Nicholas. :fp:

Could be a great service, depends on the selection available.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by rudderless » Tue May 18, 2010 11:55 am

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Drunken_Master » Tue May 18, 2010 11:56 am

Banjo wrote:When you said Ray I thought you meant Nicholas. :fp:


:fp:

Muppet.

Title says 'World' cinema.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by jiggles » Tue May 18, 2010 11:57 am

Seems like another thing that could have been announced at, oh I dunno, some sort of convention, like everyone does for these kinds of things.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Christopher » Tue May 18, 2010 11:57 am

pyxl-8 wrote:Seems like another thing that could have been announced at, oh I dunno, some sort of convention, like everyone does for these kinds of things.


SCEE only though.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by jiggles » Tue May 18, 2010 11:59 am

Ah yes. My bad. I skim-read and only picked up the line about California.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Banjo » Tue May 18, 2010 12:14 pm

Drunken_Master wrote:
Banjo wrote:When you said Ray I thought you meant Nicholas. :fp:


:fp:

Muppet.

Title says 'World' cinema.


Well duh, I got it quickly, but Satyajit isn't exactly the first Ray that springs to mind when I think on film.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by cooldawn » Tue May 18, 2010 12:42 pm

Hmmm...considering the majority of PS3 owners are chavs this isn't going to end well.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by rudderless » Tue May 18, 2010 12:47 pm

cooldawn wrote:Hmmm...considering the majority of PS3 owners are chavs this isn't going to end well.


I'm not sure if that's a joke, but I don't think that's the case. I think a large portion of the PS3 audience are maybe mature (ie 25 and over) gamers who don't necessarily play as much as us enthusiasts, but want a premium product that they can use to play games, watch Blu-Rays and download stuff with. It's the console you get if you've got a subscription to T3 magazine and you use that and FHM as your first sources of gaming information.

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PostRe: MUBI bringing World cinema to PS3
by Drunken_Master » Tue May 18, 2010 12:49 pm

rudderless wrote:
cooldawn wrote:Hmmm...considering the majority of PS3 owners are chavs this isn't going to end well.


I'm not sure if that's a joke, but I don't think that's the case. I think a large portion of the PS3 audience are maybe mature (ie 25 and over) gamers who don't necessarily play as much as us enthusiasts, but want a premium product that they can use to play games, watch Blu-Rays and download stuff with. It's the console you get if you've got a subscription to T3 magazine and you use that and FHM as your first sources of gaming information.



I'm sorry, but anyone who uses FHM as a source of gaming information isn't going to be someone who'll watch The Passion of Joan of Arc on his PS3.

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