In the age of social distancing, drive-in ticket sales in Germany and South Korea are booming
We pull into the drive-in, dad and mom in front, the kids in the back in their pajamas, fighting. Dad parks, turns off the engine and turns to snap at the kids. "Stop hitting each other! The movie's about to start!"at the Valley Drive-In in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Instead, I'm in Cologne, Germany. This is 2020. And I'm the dad in the front seat.
Our "autokino" in Cologne is also booked solid. Only 250 cars are allowed on the 1,000 capacity lot, to comply with social-distancing measures, and when we drive in, a gloved attendee scans our tickets through the closed window. Safety first. Alongside the dozen or so older theaters in operation across the country, makeshift drive-ins are popping up everywhere. D.Live, an events management company, set up one in the parking lot of the Dusseldorf Trade Fair, premiering on April 8 with a sold-out screening ofLoe Studios, an indie cinema in the German town of Marl, found an open lot behind a biker bar and put up a 640 square foot LED screen.
As in Germany, pop-up drive-ins are being set up in public parks and parking lots across the country. In South Korea, local governments are getting involved. The Nowon District in eastern Seoul set up an 1,100 square foot screen in a local park and are screening older films for free to the car-bound public.
At least two New York theaters, the Four Brothers in Amenia and the Warwick Drive-In in Warwick, have requested waivers from the nonessential restrictions. The Hollywood Reporter
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