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In Reply to: "[..whether a] movie theatre full of strangers is a social experience." posted by clarkjohnsen on October 18, 2001 at 14:29:03:
I wouldn't push that conceit too far -- from the collection of posts here, that "intended experience" includes talking during the film, cell phones going off, your feet stuck to the floor with disgarded chewing gum and a sometimes screechy (and always too loud) sound system.I don't think the auteurs intended all of that.
I have to say that the DC film audiences apparently are pretty well-behaved if other inmates' comments are accurate. I've yet to hear a cell phone or a beeper go off or even talking during the film.
So I guess I should consider myself lucky.
But, you're right -- the scale of the film experience is what the director intended and you don't get that at home, no matter how good your HT system.
So, for some movies, where the scale is important, the theatre is a must, e.g. the Star Wars movies, SPR, Titanic, Out of Africa. OTOH, I don't think "You can count on me" would lose a thing on the small screen even though I saw it in a theater.
And now that I read that another Laura Linney flick is being released straight to "pay cable," I may have to add the Starz! package to my DirecTV subscription.
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