On this week’s episode, I invited David Poland on so he could talk us all of the ledge about the state of theatrical exhibition. And while he didn’t quite do that—his opening words: “It’s, it’s bad! Things are bad”—he did highlight why things aren’t necessarily disastrous and how both the studios and the exhibitors can help get everything back on track. If you’re interested in the business of showbiz, make sure to check out David’s Substack, The Hot Button. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!
I wonder if your guests friend is a Marcus?.....
Let's lay some blame on the public. Their taste is narrow, they don't see new material and yet complain about re-dos of known work. They avoid indie and foreign films and dread subtitles. Even now smaller unknown films are in theaters but people don't show up.
And as we come out of Covid we see pent-up travel demand sucking the money from everywhere else.
Otherwise good show, long show (Somebody was going to use a JVL -ism :))
Fantastic episode. An hour long, but I easily could've listened to Sonny and David talk about this stuff for another 2 hours.
Thanks! I did not know that feed existed. I've subscribed to it now. Thanks Sonny
How do I listen to this from my podcast app. I don’t see it in the main bulwark feed
Here is the Apple link; I’m not entirely sure how the main Bulwark feed works, but I’ll see if there’s an issue. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bulwark-goes-to-hollywood/id1526477480?i=1000658269016