>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > shempmcgurk wrote:
> >
> > > ...at least get an upscaling DVD player. You won't
> > > regret it.
>
>Makes all the difference in the world, if your monitor/TV
>supports HD. A good cheap one, and one that can be easily
>converted to multi-region (no region codes, which is very
>important if you're a film freak) is the Samsung DVD-HD950.
>
> > > I have to imagine that the advent of this technology is
> > > responsible for the drop in movie box-office.
>
>That and a general level of fear in America. The French
>still go out to the movies, on the average of once or
>twice a week (for city dwellers). They have home theaters,
>but enjoy the theater experience as well.
>
> > > Of course, theatre box office
> > > only represents about 25% of a movie's total revenue.
> > > But, hey, why go to a theatre when you have a home
> > > theatre, eh?
> >
> > I almost never go to a theater.
>
>It's not a 'better' or 'worse' experience, just a different
>one. I'm a film freak who lived in L.A. for years. There
>is something neat about going to a theater with other film
>freaks and seeing a film in conjunction with others that
>is not conveyed by the home theater experience. (And I have
>a pretty good home theater, so I know whereof I speak.)
>
>Part of it may be where I live. The French are pretty
>damned *serious* about film as art form. (Overly serious,
>I would say...they are not as able to enjoy a film fantasy
>or comedy piece as they should be IMO.) No one talks during
>films, and the theaters are often comfortable, nice places
>to go. Same with the Netherlands; there are theaters there
>that have full bars and cafes in the lobbies, places that
>are so nice that people go there to socialize, even if
>they're not going to see a film. They are settings for a
>nice social evening out with friends, or with strangers
>who will shortly become friends if the film is good enough.
>It's not unusual after a great film for the viewers to sit
>around discussing it over coffee or drinks, even though
>they didn't know each other previously.
>
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You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a
select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that
anyone with any taste would not waste their time seeing even for free on
HDTV. Yet the lemming go to the film in droves even if the critics
declare it a disaster. I go to matinees just to avoid crowds. Next
week I'll go see Al Gore's film at the local Cinearts which is a Century
Theater art house. And I will go during a matinee. Why pay $10 when I
can pay $6 (still too high). Of course being self employed helps
because I can decide when to go to a film rather than when I have time.
Not only is film important to the French but to Asians as well. There
are many excellent films coming out of Asia these days save India which
still as a pretty screwed up industry.
And with a home theater I have "movie nights" and invite friends over.
Not long ago I read an article stating that Starbucks was popular
because it was a place one could go and sit alone. Geez, if I recall
right the guy who started it was trying to recreate the Italian espresso
scene where as you say people would socialize. That's America for you. :(
>Syriana provoked such reactions in Paris, as did Crash
>and Million Dollar Baby. I developed good friendships with
>a few people as the result of seeing a film with them,
>even though we didn't know each other beforehand.
>
>I'm just presenting the case for film to be a mechanism
>for a meeting of the minds, for it providing an opportunity
>to meet people and get to know them while discussing some-
>thing you found mutually interesting. There is a 'credo'
>printed over the bar in one of my favorite theaters in
>Avignon that says it all IMO: "There are no strangers here,
>only friends you haven't met yet."
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