Buyers speculate on why Amazon really dropped Luca Guadagnino’s ...

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ Wasn’t a Big Tech Casualty, Distributors Say: “It’s Dull” and “A Misfire”

I’ve questioned whether there was much merit to the narrative that Amazon/MGM got rid of Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” because of the company’s ties to Big Tech. After all, if this film were truly great — a genuine Oscar contender — there was very little chance it would have been dumped the way it was. Maybe, all along, it was simply a matter of the film not being all that good.As Neon leans toward not sending “Artificial” to any of the fall fe…

Buyers speculate on why Amazon really dropped Luca Guadagnino’s ...

CAA Media Finance shopped Artificial around town after Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios reportedly decided the feature was too dark and would be “better served” elsewhere.