tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post9134915000537911126..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Cinéastes are well dispersedRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-24393746588904422532013-03-13T07:39:51.462+00:002013-03-13T07:39:51.462+00:00Ellena: Hey, you didn't go to see it because y...Ellena: Hey, you didn't go to see it because you didn't want to see it.<br /><br />M-L: Inescapable economics tend to force "dedicated" cinemas out of business. Village halls are different. Often they have been created by local residents; and they are always run by volunteers. Turning the hall into a cinema takes about ten minutes: putting a computerised projector on a table (these are far far cheaper than the old optical devices), erecting the screen, and setting out the chairs. Once the movie (on a rented DVD) has been shown everything can be put away and the hall is ready for all sorts of other uses: dieting classes, regular meetings of local clubs, scouts, polling booths for elections, etc.<br /><br />There is, of course, one reason why such halls would be unacceptable to North Americans. Everything from the acquisition of the land, supervising the build, rasing money to cover the overheads and enjoying the facilties is done communally. There is a word for this and it seems to terrify many living on your continent. <i>Tant pis.</i>Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-88790643402549809472013-03-11T23:51:06.141+00:002013-03-11T23:51:06.141+00:00This reminded me of an article in our paper - abou...This reminded me of an article in our paper - about a different kind of movie theatre south of us:<br /><br />http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Crossborder+theatre+experience+wouldnt+likely+Vancouver/8073824/story.html<br /><br />Nice, but a little too far unless you are vacationing there! No hopes of one like it in Vancouver. The small old theatres that would show mostly foreign and art films are disappearing here. I still miss the grand one like an opera house which I used to go to in my youth. Now we watch most films on DVD (free from the library) at home or through son-in-law's Apple TV device.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-32882099002870483372013-03-11T13:46:43.757+00:002013-03-11T13:46:43.757+00:00Anna K. was recently showing here. Did not go to s...Anna K. was recently showing here. Did not go to see it because I remember how reading the book exhausted me.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.com