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Post by snsurone on Mar 27, 2020 18:46:39 GMT
This coronavirus pandemic has affected every facet of American life, including, I'm certain, the making and distribution of movies, both here and abroad.
Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson both tested positive for the virus, and actor Mark Blum has recently died of COVID 19 at age 69.
Of course, during this self-imposed quarantine, movie theaters are closed, and many films might have to be straight-to-DVD.
Naturally, this has worked hardships on theater owners, concessionaires, etc.
Nobody knows for sure when this crisis will pass, but even when it does, it may take a long time for businesses to get back on their feet--including the movie industry.
Your thoughts?
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Post by teleadm on Mar 27, 2020 19:43:21 GMT
Keep distances, 6 feet or around 2 metres, it can't be that difficult to understand. Yet I had to get medications and go out.
What's wrong with people, what so difficult to keep distances.
Those spring breakers on Miami Beach, are they so used that Daddy pays everything, that they think that he can fix it like a regular trip to plastic surgeon?
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Post by snsurone on Mar 27, 2020 19:55:05 GMT
Sadly, sometimes it's impossible to keep a distance of 6' from people, especially in big cities like New York.
Going OT for a bit: what really has me PO'd is that the Orange Baboon in the White House still does not take this crisis seriously!
'Oh, it'll be over soon; the country will be up and running by Easter Sunday", he said.
This pandemic could last for weeks, maybe months.
Currently, the US has the highest rate of cases in the world, more than China or Italy.
And Telem, you know that teens think they're invincible.
"It'll never happen to me!" is their mantra.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 27, 2020 21:37:35 GMT
I fear that the IMDb administration might move this thread to another board. --Politics, maybe. So we'd best stick to the topic of this virus' effect on the movie industry.  |
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 27, 2020 21:55:44 GMT
The movie business was so sickly in terms of creativity and enthusiasm before this, so the shut down is not really a big loss in terms of cultural value if we are honest about it. It's in a really poor state--the Weinstein scandal, the loss of mid budget films, the constant PR BS about how tv is the new cinema (if you like your single story movies to be 30 hours of chapters).
If you say that it feels like films suck compared to 30 years ago--you get told about independent films or Asian films. That's great-but what about homegrown?
The irony is that Hollywood has been pampering China for years--when people opined that movies seemed so simple and watered down, the answer usually given was they had to in order to make the films readable in China. Why? Who needs to be entertainer for the globe?
Globalism is not only bad for health, it's bad for art.
I'd like to think this experience would help renew the cultural streams of nations (without Hollywood) but hard to say.
Depends how fiercely the boat is rocked by this pandemic.
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Post by london777 on Mar 27, 2020 22:06:23 GMT
The movie business was so sickly in terms of creativity and enthusiasm before this, so the shut down is not really a big loss in terms of cultural value if we are honest about it. It's in a really poor state--the Weinstein scandal, the loss of mid budget films, the constant PR BS about how tv is the new cinema (if you like your single story movies to be 30 hours of chapters). If you say that it feels like films suck compared to 30 years ago-- you get told about independent films or Asian films. That's great-but what about homegrown?The irony is that Hollywood has been pampering China for years--when people opined that movies seemed so simple and watered down, the answer usually given was they had to in order to make the films readable in China. Why? Who needs to be entertainer for the globe? Globalism is not only bad for health, it's bad for art. I'd like to think this experience would help renew the cultural streams of nations (without Hollywood) but hard to say. Depends how fiercely the boat is rocked by this pandemic. You make some great points, but what is wrong with films being both "independent" and "homegrown"? The US has produced many wonderful independent films in recent years, probably more than any other single country.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 27, 2020 22:19:33 GMT
You make some great points, but what is wrong with films being both "independent" and "homegrown"? Nothing, although usually the indie films mentioned today fit art house as opposed to regular genre classification and if they get picked up by the Hollywood distribution grid, they probably have to fit certain thematic boundaries. 50 years ago an independent film could be horror, mystery, crime--these days when one thinks indie it is usually "Sundance" which is not really that independent! The Giant Spider Invasion WAS independent.
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Post by london777 on Apr 6, 2020 14:02:36 GMT
BBC article on the effect of COVID-19 on movie theaters: link |
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Post by politicidal on Apr 6, 2020 16:20:38 GMT
Would-be blockbusters getting pushed back left right center. Very annoying but understandable.
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