Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by EBerlin (A) on December 23, 2004 at 15:45:07

In Reply to: NO MORE AT THE MOVIES posted by warrenh@optonline.net on December 23, 2004 at 07:30:58:

As a filmmaker myself (of documentaries), with my first theatrical doc now making the rounds, I find this an interesting discussion. Although, as a filmmaker nothing beats watching people watch your film in a large group in a real theater, I've also concluded that generally I prefer watching at home on DV. That sentiment arose almost immediately upon buying my first DVD player. AND, I don't even have a big screen TV! In the living room there's the first set up, with a Sony 24" halfway across the room. I hardly use that for DVDs, since it's so nice to use the 13" TV in the bedroom right next to the bed, and listen with headphones. My boss has a theater-room at his house and if I had a setup like that I suppose that would be ideal, but for all the reasons mentioned there's nothing more pleasant than home-viewing movies.

But...I would not want to be without the occasional experience of watching a movie on a big, public screen.
eb