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Animal Kingdom
2010 · Film · 113 min
Directed by David Michôd
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.
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movie exhibition is a lousy business. We showed them for free at Google:
https://albertcory50.substack.com/p/culture-at-google-part-one-the-movies
Granted it was after work and people had shuttles to catch, but attendance probably averaged 20. And we didn't show Hollywood shit movies, which would draw more, maybe.
One thing that could save theaters is social interaction: people stayed after the movie and talked about it. For Animal Kingdom I think the discussion went on for a half hour. But these were all people with some connection to each other, not random strangers. And you could bring your dinner in there and eat while you watched.
I also, for a while, belonged to a movie club that showed brand new movies in the theater on Sunday morning and usually had the director or other people from the movie for Q&A after. Those drew hundreds of people.
But traditional movie theaters? A relic.