I wonder if the theater would benefit from having intermission. I pretty sure the theater makes more money off of concession sales than the actual movie so I would think the drive of getting guest to purchase more snacks and beverages during intermission would be a good sales drive.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Digital projection has eliminated the need for intermissions for longer > movies, unfortunately. Only a few extra-long epics get them nowadays, and > then it is a creative decision moreso than a practical decision. > > We are seeing more long movies now, because thanks to the multiplex, > theaters can exhibit longer films without worry about tying up theaters for > 3+ hours at a clip. And the marginal cost of making a film longer has > never been cheaper, so it's synergistic. > > > On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:31:29 AM UTC-4, Edward Crosby wrote: > >> Very cool. >> I wish they would bring back those 20 minute serials in place of the 20 >> minutes of crappy advertisements we always see before movies. And bring >> back intermission too, especially for those 2 1/2 hour + movies. I'm pretty >> sure we see more lengthy movies these days compared to the days of >> intermission. >> >> ------------------------------**---------- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosby >> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/**11-things-we-no-longer-see-in-** >>> movie-theater-185824694.html?**page=1<http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/11-things-we-no-longer-see-in-movie-theater-185824694.html?page=1> >>> >>> Cute article about old school "movie palace" ammenities which we no >>> longer see. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
