New life of old cinemas
Old cinemas withdraw in the light. About resuscitation cinemas last week announced in three cities of the world - in Brussels, Hong Kong and Moscow.
Projector saves euro
All the cinemas of the EU countries have promised big money. If working in the old cinema, that is, without a digital projector, most likely he will get in the state program for the refurbishment. All in order to keep pace with the mainstream and help to save.
Major U.S. film studios have long warned that at some point cease to give big pictures in conventional theaters. By the logic of majors, a digital copy of the film easier to deliver, maintain and protect against piracy.
The difference in formats, it seems, is becoming a problem not only for Americans. 90 % of new films in the USA act in film "by digital", and in France only 50 %. If you leave everything as is, American paintings no longer be delivered to the European market, but European films over the ocean did not leave.
Officials of the European Commission decided that now is the time to bring the show to one format. Until the end of this year, with domestic producers, distributors and cinemas EU officials gather suggestions on how to equip digital cinema in Europe. Manufacturers of this story is also on hand - print one copy of the film is about 1000 euro, and digital to 200 euros. The most serious costs in cinemas, the modernization of a cinema will cost 100 thousand euro.
During the first six months of 2009, from 30 thousand movie theaters in the EU only 2,5 thousand were transferred to a digital projector. It turns out that only the installation of digital projection movie theaters in Europe can provide, at least 3 million euro. In Russia, so close to the problem of the digital display still no closer - is that big film networks. While the producers and asked to help with translation one-hall-cinemas to "digital" in each approach to power - in a country such halls more than a third.
Hundreds of movie theaters for the premiere
A small revolution has begun not only in movie theaters of the Old World. Once famous film studio Golden Harvest of Hong Kong announced that it returns to the big film industry, and under this case it would need three years to increase sharply the number of cinemas. Across China will build 600 rooms, now they have Golden Harvest no more than 12.
Golden Harvest studio became famous throughout the world in films with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo. Opened in 1970, the film company Golden Harvest immediately staked on independent producers and directors. Golden Harvest was the first Hong Kong film company, which began joint production with foreign studios. The film "Enter the Dragon" Warner Brothers Pictures filmed at the studio Golden Harvest. The Golden Age of Hong Kong-based company ended in the 90th, until the last moment, Golden Harvest has produced five films a year, and focus more on rental business than shooting.
In 2007, the film company founder Raymond Chow has sold a controlling stake in Chinese businessman Wu Kebo, the owner of an international company Orange Sky Entertainment Group. And now, after changing its name to Orange Sky Golden Harvest new leadership finally submitted last week a hard plan to return to film production and expansion of cinemas in China. Director-General Chen Guowei promises to start with a thriller about ancient Chinese warriors, the leadership of this project is called Billy Kong, producer of the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".