AMC Lincoln Square 13
1998 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
1998 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
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a question to my fellow moviegoers especially regulars at this theater. how much impact will the Warner HBO Max deal actually have on theaters?
Tenet will also get it’s deserved IMAX showing in TLC and AMC in LA
Their always the chance it will be shown, movies had played simultaneously as home video. Probably, won’t play in all NYC theatres, but will get 70MM IMAX and 70MM film showing. Theatres like Lincoln Square, Cinema 1, Village East and Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn. Nolan would want New Yorkers to see it in 70MM IMAX.
Looks like Tenet won’t be playing here after all. It’s coming to home video on December 15th.
I don’t know the exact reason why Gov. Murphy allowed the theaters to reopen, but many other states have also reopened their theaters.
All the precautionary measures that you mentioned are in place. The two times I went to a theater since they reopened, there were hardly any people in them. NYC and LA theaters are most likely still closed because of their large populations. I did feel safe in those two theaters, but I have to agree with Al that there is hardly anything out there worth seeing.
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to Bill H.- you obviously live in New Jersey. what was Governor Murphy’s rationale behind letting movie theaters re-open?
Joe, you can take the PATH train to NJ from 14th St. or 23rd St., get off at Newport station, and go see Tenet at the AMC theaters in Newport Mall. There are 4 showings tomorrow.
I would go if there were any films worth bothering to see.
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I haven’t been to a movie since i saw Onward at the AMC 19th St. on Sat. March 14th. I would love to go to the movies again. since everyone would be masked and cleaning would be done between screenings and the capacity would be capped at 25& I’d go. what do my fellow NYC moviegoers say?
I’m going to attempt to see it in Baby IMAX Laser at Regal Deer Park 16, don’t know when it will be in IMAX 70MM and I don’t trust DeBlasio putting a no refreshment band at the beginning. A 2 ½ movie, need refreshments.
I really wanted to like it, but it was so confusing I couldn’t follow the plot. About 30 minutes before the end, I just gave up trying. Bigjoe, I hope you like it more than I did. And if you’re tired of waiting for the theaters to reopen, come to NJ!
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to Bill H.- thanks for your reply. movie theaters in NYC have been closed since March 16th. there’s a YouTube channel that reviews films i like quite a bit. someone from Canada write in saying he had seen the film 3 times in IMAX and he and his friends were going back this weekend. I can’t believe a Christopher Nolan film can be that uneven. hopefully theaters in NYC will re-open soon so I can judge for myself.
New Jersey theaters are open, right across the Hudson River. I saw Tenet in Hoboken NJ on opening weekend in September. I agree that it was a bad movie, and even 70mm would not have helped.
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to hdtv267. in your reply to moviebuff82’s comment on wanting to see Tenet in this theater’s IMAX auditorium you say “ its a bad film no matter what format its shown in”. NYC movie theaters have been closed since Mon. 3/16. so might I ask where you saw Tenet?
If this theater reopens soon could they show a 70mm print of Tenet in Imax?
The 70mm list compiled by Coate/Kallay shows the first regular run of 70mm at Lincoln Square was THE MASTER in September, 2012.
Here’s a question for all of you…what was the first non-imax 70mm feature shown here during its first few years of operation?
bigjoe59, I can tell you that as recent as Dec 2017 to March 2018, I ran “Phantom Thread” here in 70MM 5 shows a day. When the print went back, Focus was amazed that it looked to be in the same condition it was when it was shipped. Im not saying Im perfect, cause Im not. Its just how I was taught to handle film. Its too bad theatres got rid of professionals in the late 90s/early 2000s and put kids in the booth. Thats what really gave digital the boost it needed.
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since I get the impression markp works at this theater and he’s an expert on handling of film prints 70mm especially it seems totally appropriate to ask him about how long a film print 70MM or otherwise will last.
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to markp- many thanks for your reply. after I sent it the thought occurred to me that how worn or not a print might be after a long long roadshow had more to do with care the projectionist gave to the print and the projection equipment. the roadshow run of The Sound of Music at the Rivoli was even longer than Funny Girl’s at the Criterion. TSOM ran at the Rivoli from the first week of March 1965 to the last week of Sept. 1966.
bigjoe59, although the roadshows were before my time, I started in 1976, My father who was a projectionist for 55 years had told me that sometimes prints would get worn but for the most part back then you had professional projectionists who cared for the prints. And i know from my own personal expieriance that I ran Star Wars for 32 weeks, sometimes 5 or 6 shows a day, or Jurassic Park for 9 months 4 to 5 shows a day and even Titanic for 7 months. Same print. No damage. No scratches. It all depended on who was running it and how clean the equipment and booth was.
If a print is worn out or is ready to break during a show it can be replaced with a new print from the studio which costs money to reproduce. When film transtioned to digital for most mainstream theaters the last decade, it made it easier for movie studios to send companies the digital files to play on the projector with no loss in quality unless the computer system required to decode the file crashes. I have had no issues during digital showings in which the system crashed at my local theatre.
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to markp- you are an expert at showing movies on film especially 70MM so I have a question for you and it has to do with traditional roadshow engagements. Funny Girl opened at the Criterion Theater the 3rd week of Oct. 1968 and played on said engagement till Feb. 1970. though the film played at the most twice daily by Feb. 1970 wouldn’t the print have been a tad worn? or did they as a matter of course replace prints that had rather long roadshow engagements?
hdtv267, Tenet was supposed to be in 70MM here and the Regal E Walk. I run the 70 at both theatres. We have not been notified when to show up to get things ready. Im getting the feeling it wont come out until Christmas. Just a vibe I get when I talk to my contacts.