My partner and I were discussing all this after our experience, and we came to the conclusion that the future of cinema is community. Smaller, local screens that show one movie at a time for a price that covers the running costs.
There’s a little community owned cinema in the town they’re from; one of the oldest purpose built cinemas in the world, no less. It’s not making anyone a millionaire, but it does show a good selection of new movies in a nice building that the locals are proud of. If it wasn’t a 2 hour drive away, I’d be inclined to watch most movies there.
I’m from Germany and I took a trip to Nuremberg this year. They have a very popular and massive cinema, because they understand the culture. You can find dancefloors in there, a big cafe area to hang out, an underground cinema where they carved the screen out of the wall (it’s like the batcave with a screen). They livestream soccer matches and you can even listen to audiodramas in a dark room or watch movies on the roof at night with drinks served.
It’s really amazing and I wish more cinemas would understand that surviving on endless Marvel movies will not work out for them in the future. Cinemas need to do more activities to draw people in.
My partner and I were discussing all this after our experience, and we came to the conclusion that the future of cinema is community. Smaller, local screens that show one movie at a time for a price that covers the running costs.
There’s a little community owned cinema in the town they’re from; one of the oldest purpose built cinemas in the world, no less. It’s not making anyone a millionaire, but it does show a good selection of new movies in a nice building that the locals are proud of. If it wasn’t a 2 hour drive away, I’d be inclined to watch most movies there.
I’m from Germany and I took a trip to Nuremberg this year. They have a very popular and massive cinema, because they understand the culture. You can find dancefloors in there, a big cafe area to hang out, an underground cinema where they carved the screen out of the wall (it’s like the batcave with a screen). They livestream soccer matches and you can even listen to audiodramas in a dark room or watch movies on the roof at night with drinks served.
It’s really amazing and I wish more cinemas would understand that surviving on endless Marvel movies will not work out for them in the future. Cinemas need to do more activities to draw people in.