I miss the Von Lee. It was the perfect place to see art films. Oh what the heck, I even liked watching the occasional blockbuster type movies there. I was very disappointed when Kerasotes closed it and I was extremely peeved when they gave it to the city with the condition that they never show film there. I never knew all of the details behind that. At first I was thinking they didn’t want any first run movies to play there as it would be competition but I ended up hearing that they didn’t want ANY films to play there, even art films or archive films. Too bad.
It is confirmed at the Arclight in Hollywood. I am working very hard to convince the programming people to only book film prints for this engagement. We have 8 digital screens now including the Dome and it would be a travesty to play this film in digital especially in the Dome.
I have also heard the buzz about Paramount striking a 70mm print for the Cannes premiere. I know the previous three films premiered in 70mm and it would make sense if Spielberg wanted to do it again for this one. I just hope they strike more than one print so the rest of us might have a chance to see it somewhere. I will do whatever it takes to see this in 70mm if it screens somewhere here in LA.
I miss the Von Lee. It was the perfect place to see art films. Oh what the heck, I even liked watching the occasional blockbuster type movies there. I was very disappointed when Kerasotes closed it and I was extremely peeved when they gave it to the city with the condition that they never show film there. I never knew all of the details behind that. At first I was thinking they didn’t want any first run movies to play there as it would be competition but I ended up hearing that they didn’t want ANY films to play there, even art films or archive films. Too bad.
It is confirmed at the Arclight in Hollywood. I am working very hard to convince the programming people to only book film prints for this engagement. We have 8 digital screens now including the Dome and it would be a travesty to play this film in digital especially in the Dome.
I have also heard the buzz about Paramount striking a 70mm print for the Cannes premiere. I know the previous three films premiered in 70mm and it would make sense if Spielberg wanted to do it again for this one. I just hope they strike more than one print so the rest of us might have a chance to see it somewhere. I will do whatever it takes to see this in 70mm if it screens somewhere here in LA.