THB #20: How Cinemas May Be Reconfigured By COVID (1st Musings)
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Anyone who has ever read me knows that I believe in theatrical exhibition, both aesthetically and financially. Most of the barbs thrown in the direction of exhibition prove nothing but the lack of imagination on the part of the thrower. I don’t want to bore you (or myself) with another long list of misunderstandings about the place of theatrical in the industry. This shorthand will suffice… theatrical is the rare segment of filmed entertainment that demands a payment for a single view and it is, by far, the most profitable such segment in filmed entertainment history to last more than a few years.
THB #20: How Cinemas May Be Reconfigured By COVID (1st Musings)
THB #20: How Cinemas May Be Reconfigured By…
THB #20: How Cinemas May Be Reconfigured By COVID (1st Musings)
Anyone who has ever read me knows that I believe in theatrical exhibition, both aesthetically and financially. Most of the barbs thrown in the direction of exhibition prove nothing but the lack of imagination on the part of the thrower. I don’t want to bore you (or myself) with another long list of misunderstandings about the place of theatrical in the industry. This shorthand will suffice… theatrical is the rare segment of filmed entertainment that demands a payment for a single view and it is, by far, the most profitable such segment in filmed entertainment history to last more than a few years.