
Or any of the other dozen states where movie theaters have
refused to show the movie, fighting
like the Luddites they
are to protect their antiquated way of doing business. Director Steven Soderbergh, in partnership with our friend
Mark Cuban and others is releasing his new movie
"Bubble" ("
the
weirdest goddamn movie ever released by a major American filmmaker.") in theater, on cable
and on DVD on the same
day, giving viewers the choice of how they want to experience it from the beginning, instead of artificial time
delays between each step.
Immediate (or close to it) digital distribution
is the future, and these theaters are
silly to fight it. If they had any sense, they'd sell copies o the DVD on the way out. if they had offered me a
copy of The Island as I exited the theater, I would have gladly dropped $20 more on top of what I had just spent on a
ticket and popcorn.
Any HDBeat readers live in states that won't be getting a choice of how they want to
see their movies?