Do people under 50 still go to movie theaters?
Do they shell out for anything but kids’ flicks (if they have kids) and 3-D superhero spectacles? Is the pull of Netflix and the laptop just too strong?
Do younger people stay home because TV does “adult drama” better than movies these days? (If theater owners could show next Sunday’s “Breaking Bad” finale on their big screens, I’d be there in a heartbeat and buy a huge popcorn.)
Or is the problem that, since it’s all digital now, people don’t want to pay $10 to watch a bigger version of their TV screen?
Maybe it’s one of those factors, or all of them, or none of them, that makes it hard to run an art-house these days. But those were the questions running through my mind as I read the latest grim press release from the Savoy Theater in Montpelier, titled “Drastic Cuts at the Savoy Theater.”
Read it for yourself:
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