Movies on Cell Phones in Italy - controversy

[Craig]

Posted: 11/10/05 at 3:54pm

Does anyone think that watching a movie on a cell phone is going to replace watching it in the theater?

Having seen The Interpreter - that movie in specific isn't one that is served well on a small screen anyway...

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Italian Exhibitors Protest Against Airing Movie on Cell Phones

Plans to premiere Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter on cell phones in Italy has created a storm of protest by Italian exhibitors. Several theater chains have reportedly declared that they will not screen the film, following the announcement of the deal between Italian distributor Eagle Pictures and the Italian mobile-phone company H3G. They have enlisted the support of Oscar-winning director/actor/writer Roberto Benigni, who on Tuesday told a film conference in Rome: "Watching a film on a cellular phone is a contradiction that borders on blasphemy." Eagle Pictures quickly knuckled under to the protest but indicated that it plans to take legal action against the exhibitors, charging them with "behavior that is not in line with market rules."

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/10/05 at 4:46pm

talk about traffic accidents....what an absolutely ridiculous idea....as if people don't have cell phones stuck to them too much already...Grrrr