Thats a great text, you wrote lula!

it is very depressing how everything went with cinemas, dont get me wrong but as a movie fan like me i would say that the cinema IS my church^^!i remember soem good times there. well i woldnt go so far and say hail the cinema because the word has some special meaning here in germany=)


i really dont understand it, i mean it has to be worth it if you produce a  movie, they way it went with trespass and espacially seeking justice is not worth it. i have the feelings that actors have to say they wold do it again, but i dont think that for example nic would say that for these movies, not because they´re bad just because the work is not worth it. i understand that you have to find the right time nowadays to release a movie, for example if a harry potter movie and the new hangover movie play at the same time it would be kind of dumb to show yours at the same time if you want to make money but if that isnt the case you should show it to the world. what are the reasons to make movies.for fun? i dont think so the main reasons are to show your own piece of art to the world and make money in the first line, both wont work this way. the industry doesnt have to be pissed because most of the people watch movies on the internet. cinemas are very expensive this time and how long should we wait for a movie we are excited for to see it? its just logicall that litterally almost no one goes the theatres, if the movie is not a real big one everyone talks about.

-- Edited by Floderstarke on Monday 24th of October 2011 06:28:37 PM

Great comments Flo and lady Trueheart! 

I am so sorry flo if my title offended in any way, I will change it if you like

I agree with you meg about the interior of cinems too..so majestic, and indeed castle like! that feeling created by plush  red maroon velvet! something also very very magical about cinemas as buildings ..perhaps less so now..but when you enter a cinema i guess it is like stepping through a portal into another world.... or indeed another time, and there is  aunifying quality to that experience i feel wherever you are the world! 

Thank you for sharing about your childhood theatre Meg, how many of us have a wonderful memory of events like that?

I thought you all might liike to see some pctures of one of the oldest cinemas in my country, The Duke Of York Picture House in Brighton, Built in 1910 but is still going today, showing a misture of independent, arthouse and mainstream movies. I was born and grew up very near Brighton, and although i live miles away now,  this cinema is my favourite! 

take one guess at what feature I particularly like about the exterior!

 

http://www.terramedia.co.uk/brighton/

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__5645_path__0p115p190p979p.aspx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/2747958948/

And this blog shows the cinema as well as some of the other wonderful buildings in Brighton, from the graffitied shop facades to the Royal Pavillion..and i love them all!

 

http://modestine4.blogspot.com/

 

Thanks for sharing flo! I feel like I am right there!

I have relatives in Wimbledon! did you meet the wombles when you were there?

I agree, the cinema is like the place where it all (movies etc.) started, and it's a wonderful and great place and I love to be in it ^^ So it's sad they wont be in cinema.

And those pictures from old cinema's are all great, I love them, it's so beautiful designed!

Do you know them ?

Talking about hailing the cinema, I've been weekly working my way through Mark Cousins' illumination docum,entary series 'The Story of Film'. I'd recommend it to y'all, though if you're not British and so don't have access to 4od, it might be a pickle in a parade to find (of course, if you have acces to 4od, it'll be as easy to find as a pickle in a petri dish)! It's a tasty thing alright and very broad in its reach, though Cousins' peculiar lilting accent takes a while to get used to!

What a great thread Lula!!! Ahhh... the cinema... As with all things, change "interrupts" or "interprets." Going from 8-track tapes, to cassette tapes, to CDs, to heaven knows what now!

Going from VHS, to DVD, to Blu-ray, to heaven knows what now!

I would love to view those recommendations though I only have access to BBC America - shucks!!!!

I remember going to the old FOX theater in Oakland, watching a horror classic. Classic indeed!

-- Edited by Gina on Saturday 12th of November 2011 12:54:26 AM