DISQUS

The Film Talk: Cinema is Collapsing? So What Are You Gonna Do About It?

  • mosesroth · 2 months ago
    Your post brought to mind Kanye West and Kid Cudi's video for "Welcome to Heartbreak":

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ7jCWufP00

    Thought you might like to check it out if you haven't seen it before.
  • Phoebe_b · 2 months ago
    It's a very interesting question whether distribution simply needs to change, or (as Coppola suggests) the content itself needs to change as well.
  • Phil · 2 months ago
    Wow, I never thought of it like that - cinema as "sports". But he's right. And while he's at it, someone should tell George Lucas to stop trying to make Star Wars over and over again.

    I've discussed on here that I think the movie theater (and perhaps more specifically, the "Multi-Plex" theaters) are going to be extinct at some point in the near future. Many of them were barely able to sustain themselves before the economic collapse, and with the advancement of technology and on-demand/Netflix, etc., people will be less compelled to shell out $50 to see a movie.

    So, once that shift towards home entertainment takes place, I think perhaps we'll see more low-budget movies. Cost less, but won't have the overhead of having to be shown in a theater somewhere selling tickets at $10-$12 a piece. I think it will produce better cinema.
  • Kim · 2 months ago
    I hope so - I enjoy going "out" to a movie and seeing them on the big screen, but I can't afford it very often. Especially when the whole family wants to go