Going to the movies — not staying in for the movies — has been a human pastime for more than a century. What might it look like in a post-virus world? AP Film writer JakeCoyleAP reports.
foretold. It’s been predicted with every major technological advancement in media, and especially since the advent of streaming. Cinemas, so inconveniently located outside the home, are a dinosaur, analysts have said — one that’s on its way out.an opening for streaming services
“It’s one of those things you can’t really appreciate something until it’s taken away from you,” says John Bell, president of the, a 1920s-era movie palace. “This has certainly accelerated a dystopian future look at what the landscape could look like. But I just innately believe that humans are social creatures and, ultimately, they will want to gather again. Streaming is great, it’s convenient. But it’s just not the same.
Being holed up at home has, for some, made the difference between streaming and moviegoing especially acute. Neither “Tiger King” norfill the loss of a night out at the movies. Gary Walker, a 22-year-old in San Jose, California, who’s studying film at San Francisco State University, has been filling his time watching documentaries on Netflix and series on Disney Plus. But it doesn’t do the trick.
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