How's the situation in your region?

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During the last trip to the reasonably good movie theater in Phily, it occurred to me that today there is practically no way someone can experience the classical movies as they were intended - on a large screen in a room with other movie lovers.

Gone are the time when we could get the full impact of La Strada or L'Avventura... I can't think of any place within 1 hour drive, where someone interested in classical movies could really experience them. We are now relegated to 60" LCD's.

Way back then, we had multiple choices... on any given weekend we were able to see more than one great film. And we, sure as hell, took fool advantage of that. And not just old classics, but great foreign current releases constantly showed there too.

The Ritz Cinema in Phily is dying. We were the only people in the room... fortunately some other old farts showed up eventually, but we are talking about maybe 5% of seats taken. The average age was over 55, I believe.

We later walked to the Ritz East... it looked like a real ghost town, it reminded me of a closed down strip mall. I was actually quite surprised to find out the cinema was still "working" - that is one single film showing in two rooms... but I did not see any people there.

So... how is it in your part of the world?

With books all you need is a chair and a lamp to enjoy it. But the times of fine cinema seems to be forever gone - as if all good restaurants in your town suddenly disappeared, leaving you with the Macs and Burger Kings. And those of us who refuse to "dine" there, are stuck in our family rooms...

This is so sad...

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Topic - How's the situation in your region? - Victor Khomenko 10:17:44 08/03/15 (10)

RE: How's the situation in your region? - fantja 16:42:58 08/12/15 (0)

Is alright... - musetap 21:19:36 08/05/15 (0)

RE: How's the situation in your region? - dancingseamonkey 10:37:36 08/05/15 (0)

Film is going hand-in-hand with music . . . - Billy Wonka 17:09:18 08/03/15 (1)

Without any doubts - Victor Khomenko 06:47:05 08/04/15 (0)

Dire. - free.ranger 12:49:58 08/03/15 (0)

RE: How's the situation in your region? - cfraser 12:28:30 08/03/15 (2)

That is exactly the bit of positive information I was hoping for - Victor Khomenko 12:37:04 08/03/15 (1)

It doesn't seem to even matter what the film is - cfraser 13:15:53 08/03/15 (0)

The theaters here... - mkuller 11:30:20 08/03/15 (0)

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