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Topic: What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about? (part 2)
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Marcel Birgelen
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From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 11-20-2019 03:18 PM
quote: Steve Guttag
What I REALLY like about Dolby Atmos is that, regardless of theatre shape/size, it scales such that what was recorded is what is played back. There is a lot of capability there.
Well, that's what I've been saying for years. Unfortunately, the Dolby Atmos format isn't a pure object based audio format, it still invites people to take shortcuts and mix stuff into "beds", which are essentially just the "fixed channels".
A pure, object based mix could potentially be rendered optimally on all systems, no matter what the size or shape is, whereas a channel based mix will "forever" be coupled to the channel layout.
The capabilities of Atmos go beyond just movies, it could also be used to recreate a very accurate rendering of an orchestra, for example. There are multiple other examples to be made, but they're all a bit too much out of scope of this already off-topic discussion. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Jack Ondracek
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From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 11-26-2019 01:57 PM
quote: Martin Brooks
"if this many people showed up every week, I wouldn't have had to close."
Unfortunately, some exhibitors do this to themselves.
My daughter and I attended an older Regal 10-plex last night. 3 total customers for the 6:40 show of "The Good Liar". Narrow, single-level hallway, dreary paint scheme, leaning stacks of kiddie seats everywhere, unbalanced sound, cold auditorium, image looked like it was shot through a fog, Actual feature started 30 minutes after published start time, inattentive staff (2 of them on their phones), dirty carpets and that stale coconut oil smell throughout the concession. Unimpressed. Won't be back any time soon.
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Martin Brooks
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-26-2019 11:49 PM
quote: Mark Ogden
Believe me, PLENTY of people went to the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, it was one of the most important arthouse bookings in the country, let alone New York. The same for the Paris under City Cinemas, and the Landmark Sunshine in the Village. These were all landlord closings. It's a tough, low-margin business, and even with great attendance it's unlikely that even a popular theatre can make the kind of rent a NYC landlord is looking for.
I think the Lincoln Plaza was a different situation. The basement area apparently needed structural work. The basement area where the theaters were probably would not attract regular retail, so there wasn't much point throwing the theater out unless they were not paying their rent. The marquee is still up and the boxoffice is still there. I think there's a slight chance a theater could come back to that location. I can't imagine what else could be done with the space.
The Sunshine Building was sold to developers who demolished it and Landmark opened another theater on 57th St in its place, although it's all the way over on the West Side Drive and has screens as small as 25 seats.
I don't know what the Paris' landlord was thinking, but Netflix is taking it over, although it won't be open every day.
The real estate industry in NYC is completely nuts. When leases are up, rents can triple or more which is completely unsustainable for most businesses. Then the stores stay empty for several years. Frankly, I'm surprised more theaters haven't closed when their leases are up. It's always surprised me that the big theater chains don't own their real estate.
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Mike Rivest
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From: Montréal QC Canada
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 12-04-2019 04:10 PM
1st cinema in the world to use haptic tech
New 12-plex opens in the Quebec City area, the Le Clap - Place Ste-Foy
Le nouveau Clap voit grand
Translated into the Queen's English
By investing more than $ 10 million to acquire a new state-of-the-art cinema at Place Sainte-Foy, the Clap management estimates that it will be able to present more films and attract 35% more moviegoers by year only in his home of the last three decades, at the Pyramid.
"We are going to take advantage of Place Sainte-Foy," said co-owner and general manager of Le Clap, Robin Plamondon.
It was Groundhog Day, Friday, for the direction of the Clap. A year after opening a cinema in Loretteville, she again invited reporters to visit a construction site, this time in the building that successively housed the Cinema Sainte-Foy, Bovet and Omer DeSerres stores and the restaurant. the Academy.
Even if the place looked like a real shambles, the new Clap will open on December 6th. It will have 12 rooms spread over two floors that can seat between 30 and 250 people, as well as a 60-seat bistro.
More movies
With five more screens than the Pyramid, Robin Plamondon argues that it will make more room for commercial and family cinema while keeping its mission to broadcast auteur cinema.
In addition, moviegoers will no longer have to wait to see films that are already showing in Montreal.
"Before, when movies were successful, like the documentary Tomorrow or Green Book (on screens for 32 and 16 weeks, last year at the Pyramid), it created congestion. "
Techno Arsenal
If he wants the viewing rooms to maintain human grandeur and be friendly, Robin Plamondon is not shy to use the latest technologies, some already in use in Loretteville.
Thus, he claims that the Clap will be the first cinema in the world to use haptic technology, which transmits sound waves in the seats to enhance the immersion of moviegoers.
Canada's unique 4K RGB Super Microperforation Screens and Laser Projector, JBL High Performance Speakers, Reclining Chairs are also part of the next-generation Clap arsenal.
"We want people to have an experience," says Robin Plamondon.
♦ Notice to nostalgic old Clap. It will close its doors definitively on December 1st . You have two weeks left for a last visit to the basement of the Pyramid.
♦ At the Pyramid, employees tore an average of 300,000 tickets a year. The Clap has more than 25,000 subscribers in its two cinemas.
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