The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to leave the theatrical business on unsure footing for the near future, leaving tensions running high between studios and exhibitors.
During a Thursday evening virtual panel,Viral: A Film Industry Conversation, Alamo Drafthouse founder and executive chairman Tim League offered his thoughts. "Cinema is not competing against VOD.
It's not competing against home entertainment. It's competing against restaurants, comedy clubs and out-of-home experiences," said League, over Zoom, after sharing, "At Arthouse Convergence years ago, Ira [Deutchman] gave a keynote address about the long history of the death of it, from television to cable to VHS to DVD, and everything had been wrong so far.