The Kino Marquee initiative allows movie fans to support their local theaters while staying at home.
Folks involved in the world of independent cinema are accustomed to living without the deep pockets of major studios.
“Bacurauhad already been booked in about 50 theaters traditionally,” says Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber.
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But the Kino Marquee initiative allowed cinemas to still screenBacurauto their audiences.
More theaters soon showed interest in joining the initiative.
Lorber insists that Kino Marquee is not an attempt to hijack the theaters' customer base.
“Were not interested in doing that,” he says.
“Extraordinaryis an Irish film which is an absolute hysterical hoot,” says Lorber.
“Theyre all doing it in slightly different ways.”
Of course, while films may continue to be released none are actually being made.
Will this result in an indie movie shortage down the line?
“I think that weve got a backlog that would last us for the indefinite future.
The problem is that theres going to be a traffic jam going into the fall.
Its just going to be a bloodbath in terms of that.”
