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You need a feedback mechanism to allow for all the people to say when they can make a showing. |
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I also suspect there might have to be some changes in movie distribution to make this work, right now film copies are returned after. I think digital theatres need to delete the films after a run. This would require either a library or an on demand download. |
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Despite that you would get a [+] if you hadn't mentioned Waterworld. |
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1. There is no doubt AMC will need to coordinate with movie studios. They could either show a list of older movies they have available or allow people to make a wish list and, based on popularity, purchase/rent those prints. Studios will enjoy monetizing older prints. |
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2. Water World, Water World, Water World, Water World. |
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I can raise any number of objections to this one (including the mention of Waterworld) - but it is fundamentally an excellent idea. |
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I soooo miss being able to go to the NFT and see classics. |
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Is celluloid a requirement, or would digital work, as long as
it was on a big screen and in the company of an audience?
If digital's OK, then I'd think the technical people would
have an easy time implementing this. The lawyers would
have a slightly harder time working out new kinds of
licensing agreements but it still seems just difficult
enough to be interesting for a roomfull of smart people --
no more than that. In fact, this is so obviously* a good and
feasible idea that I can't understand why it doesn't exist.
Do studios, or some other party have an economic
disincentive? Is someone simply resistant to change? |
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*obvious once [nomadic_wonderer] pointed it out, I mean. |
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[mouseposture] Movie studios are paranoid and obsessively focused on monetizing their current library. They just don't want to experiment, I guess. I am sure, however, at some point this idea will go live. Can't say if it will happen next year or three years from now. PS: digital will work. |
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[21 Quest] The difference between my idea and what Garland Theater is doing is that their strategy is passive, they put out a movie and people come watch. They may or may not make money. This idea guarantees the theater/studio will make money because a threshold number has to be reached. The good news is that if Garland Theater can be profitable (I'm assuming they are) with their model it proves the strategy is a viable business option. |
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The Stanford Theater in Palo Alto used to do this, sort of -
you could request your choice of double feature. I saw The
Apartment and Some Like It Hot as a double feature there in
the late 90's. |
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