Several readers wrote in this morning to point out that The Nines is suddenly now available on Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature. If you have a Netflix account, that means free streaming in roughly two clicks.
I’m not sure how the Netflix streaming gets accounted for in terms of residuals, but I’m glad to see another legal way for people to watch it.
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January 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am
If and when you find out I would be interested in know that information as well.
Again I very much enjoyed the movie.
-Jim
January 6th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Happened to notice that too. Loved it. Totally unexpected. Looking forward to your next movie.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I’m pretty sure the netflix residual model looks something like this:
http://tinyurl.com/7tv3km
January 7th, 2009 at 7:06 am
After they watch it on Netflix, they could then give it another viewing with you’re audio commentary.
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2007/the-nines-audio-commentary