I’ve been remiss in not keeping closer tabs on the excellent CinemaTech blog. Having finally surfed back through yesterday evening, I caught an entry (Link) that was of particular interest concerning the indy bio-terror flick “Waterborne”. The blog’s author references Anne Thompson’s Hollywood Reporter “RiskyBiz” blog entry and includes a portion of an interview from rediff.com. Extremely interesting stuff (from my perspective, anyway).
I’d suggest keeping an eye out for the film’s revenue numbers in the weeks ahead. But it’s not the numbers themselves that matter; it’s how the industry reacts that will be worth watching imo. This might actually be as much or more important than Soderbergh’s “Bubble”.
In the meantime, you might also want to read some of Cinematech’s other entries. I very much enjoyed the “Other Digital Stuff” (Link) entry – especially since I offered up one possible option in the comments section of an MIT Convergence Culture blog entry (Link).
And in related news, he posts about UltraStar Cinema being the first theater chain to go 100% digital… capable; an important detail Cinematech highlights in its entry (Link). However, if you take a look at the UltraStar website, it appears they might be experimenting with ways to make up for the lack of available digital content (Link):
Join ULTRASTAR for Hollywood’s Biggest Night!
Watch the Big Awards LIVE on the Giant Screen Sunday, March 5!Enjoy the excitement LIVE, from the red carpet arrivals to the final award of the evening. Doors open at 3:30pm, award presentation begins at 5:00pm.
LA COSTA event hosted by the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. Dinner tickets on sale now at the La Costa box office for $20.00* which includes dinner and a raffle ticket
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Also join us at our DEL MAR HIGHLANDS & POWAY CINEMAS. Admission tickets will be distributed soon!*admission to view the broadcast is free.
a) Make money from tickets to a “dinner event”
b) Make money off of the concessions
c) All of the above
d) All of the above and more
Nice.