The first film he wants to see when the cinemas can reopen ? " The first film that comes out, this is the one that will make me happy," says Alain Chabat before jumping up, shouting " waaaaaa " to reveal his Bruce Lee t-shirt. The most surreal cinema screening? " The screening of Hors Normes at the Élysée where we were seated next to each other, Olivier (Nakache, Editor's note), Emmanuel, Brigitte and me, " says Éric Toledano. For Olivier Nakache, this is the first of Hors Normes in Ukraine. “ The film started with a very low sound because a man translated the replicas into Russian live on the microphone. People were laughing with a thirty second lag!»His favorite place in the room? " On the side and if possible alone, " specifies Christophe Lambert. Like the others, the Greystoke actor is confined to his home and answered fifteen questions related to his love of cinemas.
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In recent days, on social networks, these two-minute videos topped with the hashtag # OnIraTousAuCinéma have been a definite success. "The idea is to broadcast several per week," explains Richard Patry, president of the National Federation of French Cinemas who set up this communication operation with the teams of Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière at AlloCiné .
" Each time, you will discover a big name in French cinema but also international stars who explain their love for cinemas," he continues. To avoid any controversy as at the time of the Cesars, we were very careful that the whole variety of cinema was represented and that parity was respected. "
Movie theaters are a vital part of American culture. They are going to need our help
Christopher nolanThe idea of calling on the stars of the seventh art to help them to keep in touch with the spectator during the closing of the rooms came to him a fortnight ago. Confined to his home in Normandy, Richard Patry discovers the column of Christopher Nolan published on March 20 in the Washington Post : “ cinemas are a vital part of American culture. They are going to need our help, ”he says.
Cinemas closed for the first time since 1898
The filmmaker of the spy film Tenet with Robert Pattinson who is due out in late July tells very concretely about the catastrophe that the coronavirus represents for cinemas. He takes the example of the family business B&B in Missouri, which had to close its 418 cinemas for the first time since 1924 and lay off 2,000 employees. Then he explains that cinema is not only about stars, studios and glamor. This concerns many very different trades such as specialists from the ticket, those who clean the rooms, distributors, ... " Normal people paid more per hour than with a salary that earn their living with the cultural output more democratic and more accessible of all. "
In France too, operators are worried. Thanks to partial unemployment, there has been no layoff like in the United States. It was morally that the shock was the hardest. Not only have movie theater owners who are very popular with their peers died of the Covid-19, but it was the first time they were created in 1898 that cinemas were closed. They remained open even during the second two world wars. The reopening date could be announced Tuesday April 28 by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
In the meantime, we can change our minds by watching these very nice videos. Funny detail: we discover that Alain Chabat and Christophe Lambert have the same passion for Merlin The Enchanter of Disney.
