Having worked in Film and Television all my life,I need to interject about the reason though some may not know, that films especially old film classics are meant to be seen in a large theater rather than on a small device. The small devices,while convenient defeat the purpose of film that the light shows differently on a big screen rather than on a small device which gives the film itself a different look completely. Even 5hpugh you may have seen something many times before on a small device the look and feel is different, and being in a theater is a meant to be shared experience as originally intended. Unfortunately this whole experience is lost and inconceivable to some who have never experienced it. I applaud and appreciate those who try to recreate this. It is an expensive undertaking today( much like a white elephant mansion ), now no longer financially backed by the studios with professional people on the job too. . And unless a corporation like the one who took over The Fox theater in VA has a hand ,it’s tough to keep up with the Multiplexes. I stopped going to the Lafayette when they stopped showing the classic Halloween Marathon weekend so like 6 or 8 movies if I recall. Its not as big as some of the movie palaces, which took a lot of people to run like a Ringling Circus, but it does take, alot of work and expense…..and people who know how to make it run in this,day and age. I hope things get better.
Having worked in Film and Television all my life,I need to interject about the reason though some may not know, that films especially old film classics are meant to be seen in a large theater rather than on a small device. The small devices,while convenient defeat the purpose of film that the light shows differently on a big screen rather than on a small device which gives the film itself a different look completely. Even 5hpugh you may have seen something many times before on a small device the look and feel is different, and being in a theater is a meant to be shared experience as originally intended. Unfortunately this whole experience is lost and inconceivable to some who have never experienced it. I applaud and appreciate those who try to recreate this. It is an expensive undertaking today( much like a white elephant mansion ), now no longer financially backed by the studios with professional people on the job too. . And unless a corporation like the one who took over The Fox theater in VA has a hand ,it’s tough to keep up with the Multiplexes. I stopped going to the Lafayette when they stopped showing the classic Halloween Marathon weekend so like 6 or 8 movies if I recall. Its not as big as some of the movie palaces, which took a lot of people to run like a Ringling Circus, but it does take, alot of work and expense…..and people who know how to make it run in this,day and age. I hope things get better.