Theatrical Exhibition’s Distinct Attributes

An abbreviated REpost, now retitled for easier discovery.

The Roxie in SF is one of the great community arthouses, and this ticket booth is a thing of beauty.

This post was previously released with a whole preamble and additional material here:

Where Oh Where Has My Sweet Cinema Gone? A Suggestion On How We Can Find Our Way Out Of This Present Pit Of Total & Utter Despair.

I do like the title there, but yeah, we need to cave sometimes to efficiency and access, alas.

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Theatrical Exhibition’s Distinct Attributes

1. Creates a shared emotional response amongst strangers in the dark — legally.

2. An empathy machine (thank you Roger Ebert).

3. Is what audiences still imagine as a “movie” (projection in a theater).

4. Immersive entertainment, without no escape hatch (or pause button) and limited distractions.

5. A uniquely submissive act of surrender by audience, yielding to a greater commitment to focus.