Netflix does not intend to cut the scene "Bird Box". despite the outcry

by MARK KENNEDY, entertainment writer for the AP

NEW YORK (AP) – "Bird Box", Netflix's post-apocalyptic survival film, is criticized for using images of a real rail disaster, but the streaming giant does not plan to remove.

The film is about a 2013 tragedy in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec City, when an unguarded train carrying crude oil hurtled down a slope, got out of the way and exploded into a huge killing fireball. 47 people.

Netflix licensed the images of the Pond 5 image seller disaster and used them in "Bird Box" in an early television news montage to set up its awful place. The thriller directed by Sandra Bullock speaks of monstrous entities that force every human being who sees them to quickly try to commit suicide. To survive, they do not blind their eyes.

In a statement to the Associated Press, Pond 5 stated that the film "had been taken out of context" and that the company wanted "to sincerely apologize". Scenes from the Pond 5 accident were also used in Netflix's "Travelers".

But a Netflix spokesman told AP on Thursday that he was not planning to cut the film from "Bird Box", saying, "We will keep the clip in the movie". But he acknowledged that Netflix will look at ways to do things differently.

The Mayor of Lac-Mégantic, Julie Morin, decried the use of these images in an interview with The Canadian Press, describing it as "lack of respect". Canadians have also criticized Twitter, saying the film could lead to feelings of PTSD and increased victimization.

But the Mayor of Lac-Mégantic and a Netflix representative spoke on Thursday and Morin said the conversation was productive.

"They are committed to thinking with their partners about the use of these images so that the situation is not repeated, we have also been sensitive to the recovery of our citizens, and I am satisfied with this exchange," he said. Morin in a statement.

This is not the first time that "Bird Box" is causing an uproar. YouTube is tackling a wave of users engaging in the so-called "Bird Box Challenges" – like driving a car blindfolded.