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Leonardo DiCaprio Wonders if ‘People Still Have the Appetite’ for Movie Theaters: Will They Become ‘Like Jazz Bars?’ (variety.com)
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[–] 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Theatres are meant to be places to watch movies, and movies are an art form. The garbage Hollywood is putting out these days is designed-by-committee bullshit. Not art. So yeah, theatres will probably die because they’re not making art anymore.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    My local theatre shows some new artsie movies. We go to see them, and some are great.

    But the theatre is usually close to empty.

    I don’t think expunging the bland, mass market movies would save theaters, even if they did.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I'm not sure I understand this take. Are you specifically talking about Hollywood vs. indies? I would consider PTA a part of Hollywood and I thought One Battle After another was fantastic. Same for people like Zach Cregger, Yorgos Lanthimos, or Danny Boyle.

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