>--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>Hey, I go to the movies when the critics declare
>it a disaster. :-) I have learned to trust my
>intuition more than I trust any of the critics.
>
>
I read some critics whose taste on films more match mine more for a hint
of whether I will like a film or not. I seldom go to blockbusters as
many are just empty calorie junk movies. But I'm a snob with eclectic
tastes. I'm the same way with music. About the only way to get me to
go to a concert is to pay me to perform in it. :)
> > 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.
>
>I've got that luxury, too, at least as regards the
>theaters in the big cities like Nimes and Avignon
>and Montpellier. The established theaters in the
>small towns rarely have matinees.
>
>There's also an interesting phenomenon here called
>'Cinema Itinerant' which is a kind of movie house
>that travels from village to village. They'll play
>a movie in one village on Wednesday, and then play
>it it in the next village on Thursday. It's neat,
>because most of these places are far too small to
>support a full-time theater. With this arrangement,
>the residents of tiny (1000-3000 people) villages
>get to see movies without driving at least once a
>week.
>
>
That used to happen in the US years ago. Sounds like it would be a good
solution for Fairfield. :)
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