I’ve often dreamed of giving up film criticism and just opening a pub that shows movies (instead of sports) on big screens.
Because I’m so tired of how sports dominate our society. Imagine if the arts or science news got 20 minutes to itself every hour on the news channels! I’m happy for people to enjoy their sports, but I’d love it if there were some convivial public spaces that didn’t always have a game on.
Would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?
Of course, I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be a venue for quiet appreciation of a new movie watched in the silent dark, but more of a communal bonding type of experience. I would love to hang out in pub where people cheered when, instead of a goal or a home run was scored, the Dread Pirate Roberts announced, “I am not lefthanded either.”
What do you think? What movies would you like to watch in such an atmosphere?
Absolutely! A couple places I liked in New Orleans used to have films on, and it was always a delight to sit there and either enjoy a classic or wonder what on earth cult film I was absorbing this time. One even set up a screen and projector in the courtyard for a while.
There used to be a bar called Videology in Brooklyn that had a screening room in the back and DVDs for rent on the walls. But the front was a bar with screens that showed movies.
Went out of business and is now replaced by a sports bar. The back is a comedy club.
Absolutely! A couple places I liked in New Orleans used to have films on, and it was always a delight to sit there and either enjoy a classic or wonder what on earth cult film I was absorbing this time. One even set up a screen and projector in the courtyard for a while.
There used to be a bar called Videology in Brooklyn that had a screening room in the back and DVDs for rent on the walls. But the front was a bar with screens that showed movies.
Went out of business and is now replaced by a sports bar. The back is a comedy club.