We’re only a few weeks away from the release of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, which will be opening four days early in film only (35mm/70mm projection). The announcement caused quite a stir in the cinema community, as the response from some movie theater chains was not unexpected. Many of them got upset, many of them were pissed off that they weren’t a part of this deal, the big reason being that they just gave up their 35mm projectors to transform to digital and now they’re missing out on some of the best money of the year. So they blame the studios, and the filmmakers, but never themselves. In response to all of this, Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League (who owns a handful of theaters himself) wrote a passionate essay/response and published it on Deadline. It’s brilliant, it gets everything right, and at the end of it all, it’s inspiring too.
via Alamo Drafthouse’s Tim League Defends Both Digital & 35mm Cinema | FirstShowing.net.