Keeping it Lame
Posted by michelle on 12 Aug 2008 at 02:26 pm | Tagged as: video/film
How is it that in a city of approximately 1.2 million people, not one single theater is screening Man on Wire? What’s up, Crossroads? Alamo Draft House?
UPDATE: Man on Wire will be showing at the Bijou at Crossroads. Apparently, there is just a delay in screenings of good movies in San Antonio. Also, The McNay will be showing some awesome films this fall. I’ll keep you posted!
Thanks for sending me the photo, Beto!
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… real gangsta-ass niggas don’t flex nuts….
Cuz real gangsta-ass niggas know they got ‘em…
p.s. some youtube link…. so obvious it’s obscure….
GET THURSDAY FUNKING SORTED
I don’t know! But I’m also hoping (although unfortunately not expecting) someone will pick up that new Louise Bourgeois documentary.
Hmmm, considering a certain theatre owner’s greed and philosophy of ‘if it don’t make money, it ain’t gonna show’ it’s not all that surprising.
We also live in a city with a 33% illiteracy rate and no newsstand to speak of! This has been more embarassing than I care to admit especially when visitors want to pick up anything beyond A NY Times or WSJ.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, let’s toast to Netflix.
“considering a certain theatre owner’s greed and philosophy of ‘if it don’t make money, it ain’t gonna show’ it’s not all that surprising.”
This is stunning to me.
It’s a called a business, not a charity. If they saw a profit in running more obscure fare, they’d run it.
If there’s no support in this city for the cool things you want to do or see, you’re expecting a company to offer it at a loss?
If you see such an untapped market for an arthouse or newsstand, then by all means start one up. That’d be great. You’ll soon see if it’s viable or not.
Embarassed of your illiterate city? Go volunteer or move away.
Luckily, we don’t have to depend on Mr. Santikos or any other local movie chain to (eventually) get the media we want to enjoy.
Oh, my.
Have we met? You seem rather defensive.
I have and do volunteer.
In the past, several friends have run art/film houses here in our city but unfortunately, they all panned out for different reasons. Granted, that was awhile back, perhaps S.A. would be more supportive now…
The point was that in a city of 1.2 million, like it or not, it is (or at least should be) surprising we don’t have something as basic as even a newsstand.
i am 33% sweatier than most people…
it’s not very cool… but what am i gonna do…?
It’s a called a business, not a charity. If they saw a profit in running more obscure fare, they’d run it.
I also think it’s fairly pointless to complain about this stuff, but it’s not always as simple as a market existing or not existing. A business person with vision can create a market with smart promotion and audience education.
On the other hand, as potential patrons we could be contacting the Bijou and requesting this stuff. I kind of doubt Mr. Santikos reads Emvergeoning, but he probably listens to his customers to some degree.
You can contact the theater at this email:
A lot of films at the Bijou don’t make money (in fact some of their whole theaters don’t make money; has anyone been to the Rialto/old Galaxy?) so perhaps the issue is more abstract. Perhaps Santikos is a Spurs fan and won’t screen the film because the film’s distributor, Magnolia Pictures, is owned by the Dallas Mavericks’ Mark Cuban? Yes, that must be it.
Another reason could be that Santikos is too busy interior designing his theaters so that they resemble the Olive Garden as closely as possible. Mirrors, fake vines, styrofoam pillars – that’s what I need in a movie theater.
And this newsstand issue – are we talking about something where an angelic street urchin with a wool cap and a heart of gold would be found yelling “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!”? If that’s what we’re talking about, then, no, we probably won’t be getting a newsstand anytime soon. We do have the Broadway Newsstand by the old Playland Park, but there might be too many guys in trenchcoats reading smut mags to make everyone happy, though I’m sure that place makes some people very happy.
All this web-logging is tiring me out. Back to water aerobics and then the Wheel of Fortune rerun. Later, bitches. And you can blow out the candle in the window. The Colonel isn’t coming home.
Dismissed.