American Cinematheque Chairman Rick Nicita discusses their partnership with Netflix, the restoration, membership tiers, & future festivals!
The Big Picture To celebrate the renowned Egyptian Theatre opening its doors once again, the American Cinematheque and Netflix marked the theater’s 101st anniversary with a screening of David Fincher ’s The Killer and Q&A. Ahead of the event, Collider’s Steve Weintraub was able to speak with American Cinematheque Chairman Rick Nicita about this legendary venue and all the new opportunities the renovation provides for the community.
Sure. In the new Chinese theater, there are two seats where Nolan sits; they are the best seats in the theater.NICITA: We're gonna have to find out because if you think about it, this has not been tested out. We'll be able to answer that question in a moment. NICITA: Well, frankly, Grant Moninger, our programmer, he can literally answer that because he's the one who deals them out like cards. I think a lot of it is dependent on the anticipated size of the audience and the kind of demographic appeal of them. But it is a decision. We haven't had the good fortune of dealing with the Egyptian for two years, almost three, so we haven't had to face that. That's a question you should ask but ask Grant. He'll give you a real answer.
I walked around. It's great. One of the things that I'm really excited about is you're going to be one of five theaters that can show nitrates.So, I want to know how many nitrate prints are actually available and are they safe to show? I don't know if I have seen a nitrate film, which is one of the reasons why I'm so curious about this.
One of the things I noticed about the schedule is that you show a lot of movies at, like, 6 or 7pm. Sometimes on the weekend there's something at like two or three, but you don't go later than that and you don't go earlier.
How Far Out Is the Egyptian Programmed? How far are you guys planning into the future at this moment? For example, we're in November, are you already thinking about February and March? How far ahead do you guys plan? NICITA: When I joined CAA in 1980, the entire company—everyone—could sit around a round table in a conference room, and we did. Now, can you imagine the size of the round table? And the business has completely changed to a huge degree. I mean, it's unrecognizable in its process and its machinations, but the result is the same: two hours, more or less, of flickering images on the screen. How we got there, the route, has changed completely.
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