I think I disagree with this. I don't think the idea of a double-feature is that hard to grasp, even for youngsters who've never seen one before. Hell, I'm 43, and though I'm extremely familiar with the term, I never saw one at the theatre back in the day. I think it has more to do with whether the subject matter and marketing themselves were appealing. I think the girl with the machine-gun leg, adn the cheesy zombie shots made some people laugh, but maybe didn't excite them. People nowadays--espeically the young folk--seem to be going for that disgustingly explicit and gore-based horror that's all the rage. Stuff like "Saw", "Hostel", "Touristas", etc. Both of these flicks are very tongue-in-cheek and self-referential. Now, I rmember the days of crap like "Boggy Creek", "MAcon COunty Line", "The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant", etc., so I want to see them. But for those who aren't my age, and for youngsters, the lack of obvious horror gore or "Kill Bill" style fighting and acti on may not be a draw. Perhaps--perhaps--the combined three hour length hurt a bit of business. But I think a tweak in marketing--such as trailers shown--would be more effective. I'd hate to see the concept die just because the audience isn't hip or interested enough to get it.
Besides, sometimes the movie going public just doesn't get it. That's what DVD and On Demand rentals are for. "Grindhouse" is gonna do very well there... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ovie mogul Harvey Weinstein is planning to re-release Grindhouse as two > separate films - after the double-bill flopped at the box office. The > film, a double-feature directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert > Rodriguez made just $11.6 million in its opening weekend in the US. > Producer Weinstein is disappointed - and thinks Tarantino's Death Proof, > starring Kurt Russell, and Rodriguez' Planet Terror, with Rose McGowan, > will perform better on their own. He tells PageSix.com, "I don't think > people understood what we were doing. The audience didn't get the idea > that it is two movies for the price of one. I don't understand the math, > but I want to accommodate the audience." > http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-04-11/ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
