Movie Theaters Rule!

About this episode

The episode discusses the unique experience of movie theaters and their evolution over time.

Easily one of the top 5 best dark rooms you pay money to sit inside for several hours, movie theaters make for a singular experience, where people flock together to sit in silence and social interaction is generally frowned upon during the proceedings. We’ve seen this form of entertainment undergo some pretty major changes in our lifetimes, in some ways for the worse, but many for the better. Still, as increasingly expensive and sometimes distracting and occasionally tedious as the theater experience may be, we hope it’s still a thing long after we’re dead. Intro contains various clips from old movie theater promos and the 1976 film “Murder By Death”

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Altano, Max Scoville

Topics covered

• movie theaters
• entertainment
• social interaction
• cinema experience
• film history

Keywords

• movie theaters
• cinema
• entertainment
• film
• social experience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Murder By Death

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