movie night status

David H. Adler dha at panix.com
Fri May 24 12:47:38 PDT 2013


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 03:42:12PM -0400, Denise Paolucci wrote:
> 
> On May 24, 2013, at 3:36 PM, David H. Adler wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 02:30:16AM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:
> >> 
> >> we also hope to have dave adler do a second feature from his
> >> cromulent collection of bad and worse films. the alamo ritz has
> >> digital projection so that should highlight the quality
> >> cinematography of these fine flicks!
> > 
> > Happy to do so. Any idea how I need to bring said film(s) if we're doing
> > it at the Alamo? I've got a hard drive full of stuff, but I can
> > certainly bring stuff on dvd/blu-ray if that works better.
> > 
> > Since you're talking to them, could you query and let me know?
> 
> sadly, they will almost certainly not allow you to screen a film that you bring with you, either digitally or on disc. the rights for public performance (ie, showing in a movie theatre) are different than the rights for home viewing (or, apparently, viewing on an oil rig. no, really, the fbi warning on dvds specifically mentions that you can't view a disc on an oil rig. i don't get it either) and home viewing rights do not convey to public performance rights. there is no compulsory license for movies the way there is for performance of music.
> 
> unless the theatre has negotiated a license with the distribution rightsholder of the movie you want to screen, to screen films for public performance that were purchased on dvd for home use, you will be better off making a list of movies you'd like to screen, submitting them to the theatre, and seeing if they have prints of any of those films. 

In that case I guess Uri was wrong about me showing a second feature. I
guess Bad Movie Night will have to be its own, traditional, event.

> :(

Agreed.

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