Ted, I got an idea!! It came to me while listening to your talk with The Industry guy! You mentioned how, before the streaming platforms came into existence, the audiences for arthouse and grindhouse cinema were self-selecting groups—that the people who wanted to see Sundance and Cannes films would just go to their local arthouse theater. And now, you implied, the people who want to see those kinds of films can’t find them as easily; instead, now, they just click on the videos that are promoted on the streaming platforms. Which got me thinking, what if there were streaming platforms titled things like “LAEMMLE SUNSET 5” or “PICO LANDMARK THEATER,” ha ha, but seriously, so that people could more easily find the kinds of movies they used to depend on these theaters to find for them?!
Ted, I got an idea!! It came to me while listening to your talk with The Industry guy! You mentioned how, before the streaming platforms came into existence, the audiences for arthouse and grindhouse cinema were self-selecting groups—that the people who wanted to see Sundance and Cannes films would just go to their local arthouse theater. And now, you implied, the people who want to see those kinds of films can’t find them as easily; instead, now, they just click on the videos that are promoted on the streaming platforms. Which got me thinking, what if there were streaming platforms titled things like “LAEMMLE SUNSET 5” or “PICO LANDMARK THEATER,” ha ha, but seriously, so that people could more easily find the kinds of movies they used to depend on these theaters to find for them?!