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Post by Vits on Dec 15, 2019 17:09:36 GMT
The obvious answer is their definition and that they're released in different media. I say "real" because this line has become more and more blurry over the years:
1) CARLOS was released as a mini-series and a movie literally on the same day.
2) THE HATEFUL 8 was edited as a mini-series years after its release. They added scenes that were originally deleted, so this was essentially a movie's extended edition.
3) IT 1990 was a miniseries where the episodes aired on different nights. However, since they were only 2 and together lasted 3 hours (a not-so-uncommon running time for a movie), a movie version became available soon after. It didn't have any new material; it was just both episodes stitched together, yet many people still refer to this as a movie.
4) THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS was filmed as a mini-series, but they decided it should be a movie during post-production. Not much had to be changed since it was an anthology anyway.
5) FANNY & ALEXANDER was filmed as a mini-series, edited into a shorter movie, released as a movie and shortly after released as a mini-series with the original running time.
Not that we're in the streaming era, a lot of mini-series are made available to binge watch... so it's like watching a very long movie. Many people watch a portion of a movie one day and finish it the day after because they don't have enough free time. How is that different than watching a mini-series? In fact, someone recently published a guide online on how to watch THE IRISHMAN as if it was a mini-series.
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 15, 2019 17:36:07 GMT
That they are separated into episodes.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 15, 2019 17:49:27 GMT
Mini series are made out of episodes and movies are not.
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Post by alejandro on Dec 15, 2019 19:37:37 GMT
It's really just a different release format. A mini-series is split into episodes and released on TV or streaming services as a limited set of them, whereas a film *can* be structured into episodes but will often be released as a single feature-length product or a series of them to create a saga/franchise/whatever. But in the end it can also be a product of decisions around marketing and distribution that have fairly little to do with what a 'film/mini-series' is. In the case of Carlos, it seems like the intention of releasing it in festivals was part of an attempt to make the film/mini-series be thought of more in the former category than the latter, yet following a latter-style distribution model made more sense as few theatres would commit to showing a relatively low-profile 5+ hour film beyond limited arthouse runs/exhibitions and whatnot.
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Post by marth on Dec 16, 2019 18:44:43 GMT
Not that we're in the streaming era, a lot of mini-series are made available to binge watch... so it's like watching a very long movie. Many people watch a portion of a movie one day and finish it the day after because they don't have enough free time. How is that different than watching a mini-series? In fact, someone recently published a guide online on how to watch THE IRISHMAN as if it was a mini-series.Can you give me that link please? I´ve just watched the first hour, and really don´t have the time for sitting still 2 and 1/2 hours. I have to admit that I have a short attention span these days...
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Post by Vits on Dec 16, 2019 20:10:50 GMT
Can you give me that link please? I´ve just watched the first hour, and really don´t have the time for sitting still 2 and 1/2 hours. I have to admit that I have a short attention span these days... 🤦♂ What for? You already chose a point to pause. When you watch the rest, you'll probably choose it on your own.
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Post by marth on Dec 16, 2019 22:11:48 GMT
Can you give me that link please? I´ve just watched the first hour, and really don´t have the time for sitting still 2 and 1/2 hours. I have to admit that I have a short attention span these days... 🤦♂ What for? You already chose a point to pause. When you watch the rest, you'll probably choose it on your own. I didn´t choose where to pause the movie. I Just fell asleep from exhaustion...
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Post by Vits on Dec 16, 2019 22:22:27 GMT
I didn´t choose where to pause the movie. I Just fell asleep from exhaustion... Why watch a movie when you're feeling exhausted, especially such a long one? Of course you'll fall asleep. Or are you saying that the movie is what exhausted you? If so, why do you want to finish it?
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Post by Prime etc. on Dec 16, 2019 22:27:51 GMT
Salem's Lot the mini-series was edited into a theatrical movie.
I prefer it to the long version actually.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 16, 2019 23:50:07 GMT
Besides the technical differences, I say it depends on what something was originally released as. Hateful Eight is a movie, IT is a miniseries.
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Post by Vits on Dec 16, 2019 23:52:14 GMT
Besides the technical differences, I say it depends on what something was originally released as. Hateful Eight is a movie, IT is a miniseries. But when you watch those as a mini-series and a movie respectively, does anything change for you?
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Post by marth on Dec 16, 2019 23:55:33 GMT
I didn´t choose where to pause the movie. I Just fell asleep from exhaustion... Why watch a movie when you're feeling exhausted, especially such a long one? Of course you'll fall asleep. Or are you saying that the movie is what exhausted you? If so, why do you want to finish it? I couldn´t wait for watching it, but fatigue won the battle. I will finish it this week. 
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 17, 2019 0:01:18 GMT
Besides the technical differences, I say it depends on what something was originally released as. Hateful Eight is a movie, IT is a miniseries. But when you watch those as a mini-series and a movie respectively, does anything change for you? I've only ever seen the one cut movie version of IT, so I always have to remind myself it was originally a miniseries. But objectively, I consider it a miniseries first and foremost. I've seen both versions of Hateful Eight and have no such issues. The miniseries feels like an experiment or fanedit, while the movie is tbe defining version. |
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Post by movielover on Dec 17, 2019 0:09:20 GMT
I do think they are some exceptions to the episode rule. The Langoliers, for example, is only 3 hours long, but listed as a mini-series because it was shown in 2 episodes on TV.
But the only reason they showed it in 2 halves was because with commercials it's a little too long to fit into 1 evening of prime time TV. On the DVD, it flows pretty smoothly like 1 full movie, not episodes.
In my mind, it's a 3 hour TV movie, not a mini-series.
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Post by Vits on Dec 17, 2019 0:27:26 GMT
After reading these and remembering that I mentioned IT in my O.P., I looked up if there were more Stephen King books adapted into short mini-series that were later edited into long TV movies. There are! THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, THE STAND, THE SHINING, ROSE RED, BAG OF BONES... Coincidence?
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Post by 博: Dr.BLΔD€ :锯 on Dec 17, 2019 2:56:14 GMT
Is it because a mini-series is about dwarfs in little skirts shown on a diddy telly ?
Or am
I still
high
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Post by Vits on Dec 21, 2019 11:53:05 GMT
I just read about DEKALOG. It's an anthology mini-series of 10 episodes that lasts an hour each, so some people call it a series of TV movies. It even won many theatrical film awards, though I haven't found any source that says that it was released as a 10-hour movie in theatres. Things got more confusing later when 2 of the episodes were expanded into individual films that did get a theatrical release.
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Post by Vits on Jan 6, 2020 17:29:37 GMT
Last night, Stellan Skarsgård won a Golden Globe for the miniseries CHERNOBYL. During his speech, he called it a film.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 7, 2020 2:37:12 GMT
"Das Boot" is one of my all time favorite submarine films. At a second hand store I frequent, I found a copy of a 4+ hour version of "Das Boot". I bought it for $2. When I got home, I realized I had purchased "the mini series" which I never knew existed. So this is a film that was released theatrically as a full length motion picture, but also appeared on TV as a mini series.
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Post by Vits on Jan 7, 2020 10:01:32 GMT
"Das Boot" is one of my all time favorite submarine films. At a second hand store I frequent, I found a copy of a 4+ hour version of "Das Boot". I bought it for $2. When I got home, I realized I had purchased "the mini series" which I never knew existed. So this is a film that was released theatrically as a full length motion picture, but also appeared on TV as a mini series. Did it feel like a movie? Or a mini-series?
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