The Train Dreams Wars Are Here. Wait, What?
Honestly, it’s just delightful to be having this conversation about such a small, intimate film. Train Dreams wasn’t a Netflix production, they acquired it after its Sundance debut, and I’ll admit, many of us feared it would get swallowed up by their endless stream of content. I truly believe this is a movie best seen on the big screen – I was lucky enough to catch it twice that way. Netflix did give it a limited theatrical release, which is more than some of their other, even good, films get. It’s still playing in a few cities like New York and Los Angeles through Thanksgiving. But what Netflix does exceptionally well is get a film in front of a massive audience, and, as we’re seeing now, even spark a genuine buzz around it – even if that buzz is fleeting, lasting just a week or two.
