Drop copyright to 5 years and theaters will be huge again showing older movies and shows at reasonable prices you either can't get on streaming or prefer in a community setting. 100+ year copyrights owned by corpo monopolies are choking both independent and smaller project artists and theaters.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's a good idea.

Sounds expensive (to my pocket book). I would be at the cinema every weekend, making my kid watch some classic I felt they had missed out on.

[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

100% this.

My local theater does “Flashback Cinema” on Wednesdays & Sundays. My wife & I went to see Jaws. I know I’ve seen that movie a long time ago and probably on TV, but there was so much I didn’t remember that it was like watching it for the first time. The tickets were cheaper and it was definitely a fun experience. I’ve got to say, I see why that movie scared the crap out of people when it came out in the ’70s!

Blazing Saddles was also one of the flashback movies, and I took my stepson who had never seen it. I’ve seen it over a hundred times on VHS & DVD at least, but seeing it on the big screen was a completely new experience.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago

Most films that recoup their costs only do so after a decade or more. A 5-year period would wipe out independent film instantly, and would leave AI slop as the only content being made.