Author: PADMAG, source: PADMAG Original title: American cinemas closed due to the epidemic, what is written on their billboards | The country in the picture.
The cinema is closed until real life is no longer like a movie.
A movie theater in Florida called Sun-Ray put out such a notice. During the epidemic, Los Angeles and new york were the first to close all cinemas and performance venues, which was the first time in American history. At present, most cinemas in other areas are also closed.
Many cinema employees are unemployed, and AMC, the largest cinema chain in the United States, recently reported that it was on the verge of bankruptcy. At the same time, the market value of streaming media giant Netfilx surpassed that of Disney.
These closed cinemas remind everyone to close down at the door, and many of them are humorous and creative.
"I guess laughter is not the only thing that is contagious."
"Parking is allowed at the gate"
(Thank you for your previous patronage in the next window)
Honey, we miss you.
American cinemas or theaters will set up a bulletin board area called Marquee at the door to display the information of the show or performance, decorated with neon or flashing lights, and the capital letters are easy to change.
Uptown Cinema in Minneapolis has always liked to tease the films shown on the bulletin board. The night before it closed, they chose two lines from the classic films Clerks (Crazy Shop Assistant) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Spring is not a reading day) to put at the door:
I assure you we’re not open. I assure you that we didn’t open the door.
You’re still here? It’s over, go home, go are you still here? It’s over. Go home and go.
Uptown cinema
Similar to the idea, there is the Plaza Cinema in Atlanta. They used the classic lines in Gladiator:
I will see you again, but not yet not yet we will meet again, but not yet.
Plaza cinema
"WE WILL BE BACK" (from Terminator)
"Don’t touch me" (from Rocky horror show)
See you in the other world.
"Went fishing."
More cinemas remind the public to take care of themselves and pay attention to safety, encourage everyone to unite as one, and attach information such as the website of the CDC.
"We’ll get through this together."
"Take care and take care of each other."
Be friendly and take care.
"Calm down"
Be friendly and take care.
Journalists from The New York Times visited many famous cinemas in Hollywood at night and photographed the rare deserted foyer and their signboards, including the 93-year-old China Theater.
They survived the Great Depression, when movie tickets were only a dime, and neither the earthquake nor greedy developers could subvert them. For decades, they have endured the rise of video recorders and survived the popularity of the musical Cat.
But because of the epidemic, like all other cinemas in the United States, they have been closed for more than a month, and 5548 cinemas are empty.
With the epidemic gradually under control, American cinemas are also planning to open one after another. Georgia has allowed cinemas and restaurants to resume business on April 27th. The New York Times wrote in his article that Hollywood still believes in the magic of watching movies with strangers in the dark, quoting Thomas E. Rothman, president of Sony Film Division:
Collective experience is a part of us as human beings, and it is primitive, and I firmly believe it.
"To be continued"
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