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June 26, 2005
Baby, it's cold inside: Are the movies dying?
While ticking off the factors that make him believe that theatrical exhibition is basically already dead, The Boston Globe's Ty Burr has a few misguided notions of his own, suggesting that the one-man movie festival is part of the future: "Cheap, high-quality 3-D and live concert feeds are suddenly within an exhibitor's reach, and so is the as-yet-unexplored notion of theatrical movies on demand. Think about it: Since you can theoretically download any film to a digital projector's server, why not program your own night at the movies, invite your friends, and split the proceeds with the theater owner? Pull your favorite classic out of mothballs, screen that underrated horror film, arrange a weeklong festival the way Amazon puts up user guides."
Posted by at June 26, 2005 11:50 AM
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