Critics say it’s not a trend but a fad. Whatever the case, one thing’s for sure: if you go to the movies this summer, chances are you’re going to be there for a while.
Are films getting longer? And how long is too long?
The topic’s been dominating cinema circles after Martin Scorsese’s epic Killings of the Flower Moon left people glued to their seat for more than one reason. It runs three hours and 26 minutes.
But cinemas who added an intermission off their own bat copped a whack from Scorsese’s people.
“And for good reason,” said CJ Johnson, president of the Film Critic Circle of Australia. “You have to show it as the artist intends.”
I worked at a movie theater a long time ago. I think intermissions also had to due with the physical limitations of the platters holding all that film. I remember the projectionist having to swap reels during the break. Now the movies are digital and come on a USB drive. I used to have to walk to the bus station with a dolly and pick up the movies.