Is it true that movies were super cheap to watch back then? I’ve heard that that’s partially the reason people would go watch the same movie multiple times, that and AC/socially.
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UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 9 months ago
My childhood predates the average person’s private ownership of movies . As a child no one I knew owned anything other than home movies… The very idea of actually OWNING a copy of a movie would have been the height of opulence … And back then, there was no way to play a 35mm movie without a 35 mm projector even if you could get your hands on a print
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Movies would also stay in theaters longer, sometimes multiple years. You would also see a lot more second runs. I’m not even that old but I used to get $1 tickets to the second run theater when I was a kid in the early 2000s. I don’t think I’ve even seen a second run theater in the last decade.
TacoNissan@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
The one in my hometown just went out of business 2 years ago due to the pandemic
DanVctr@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Same, we had two in Metro Atlanta that were Covid Casualties
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Hope Pizza Steve is doing well.