This Movie Theater is Breaking All The Rules
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- We went inside New York City's most unique movie theater to talk to the people who keep it running and the people who keep coming back. Film Forum is a West Village institution and a truly one of a kind repertory xcinema.
The Team: Jack Coyne, Kieran Coyne, Henry Kornaros, Alex Fabry, Ellen Schoenfeld, Sarah Mann.
Original Score by Kieran Coyne (these songs and others available on our Patreon)
Executive Producers:
Ben Seiler
David Tauber
Matt Dickoff
#publicopinion #newyorkcity #filmforum
this is so neat. I love that there are both older film lovers and a new generation appreciating old media. it’s cool because it feels like there’s a growing crowd of gen z’s that are itching to slow down and get away from instantaneous consumerism. beautiful stuff as always
Let’s also give credit to the Boomers who started it, and the Gen Xrs (like me) and Millenials who kept it going.
You don’t understand they are feeding into the consumerism LOL
couldn't have said it better myself!
Film Forum can feel like your own private movie theater. Before Netflix, smartphones, and streaming, it felt like one of the only places to see true art house and foreign films, and really gave me the sense of “Cinema.” I’m get re-energized to ditch all this smartphone nonsense and get back to enjoying real film and real cinema at Film Forum. Thank you!
not to mention film forum is a union movie theater too! support union theaters!!
You can tell they all seem to be pretty happy. I wish all businesses were run like this
@@yaush_ Yup, I instantly got that vibes that they loved what they do. They get a voice and feel like they belong with a union.
I was first brought to Film Forum in the 7th Grade to see the documentary “Comic Book Confidential”. Ever since, Film Forum is a total jewel to me. I’ve brought dates there, parents, siblings, friends, and now my spouse and me go there for special night out. To me, Film Forum IS NYC. Thank you, Film Forum!
Cinema is alive!! Thxs Film Forum 🎥🍿
another awesome public opinion. never yet been inside the film forum. passed it a million times. can't wait to go. thanks kieran and jack.
You gotta go!
wow, such a great place! independent cinemas are so refreshing in our tiktok/youtube/netflix era.
I love that y’all did this and showcased the wonderful people behind the scenes and screens at Film Forum. I wish I was in NYC to see the Louise Brooks movie! Thank you for putting a spotlight on a beloved repertoire theater! S/o to my hometown art house theater The Nickelodeon in Columbia, SC ❤
This is great. I watch your videos sometimes but felt compelled to comment and let you guys know how much I appreciate this passionate look at such a historic place. Movie theaters are magic, and I'm ashamed that I usually go to AMCs in the city when we have so many special places like this. This video makes me so excited to get back to film forum.
Thank you
It’s fascinating to see how these boutique indie theaters have come to thrive more than the average multiplex in today’s landscape, but it makes total sense. They have less staff, less overhead, way more control over their programming and bring out a more devoted following. I live in Atlanta and we have the historic Plaza Theatre which operates a lot like this one
So epic to see what goes on behind the scenes at one of my favorite cinemas! Plus 35MM print of The Third Man!? Doesn't get any better than this!
No it doesn’t!
I’ve forgot about this gem.. Glad it’s still going and people get a real cinema experience.👏
Theres gotta be more of these!! Even LA, which is the home of Hollywood itself, doesn't have enough revival theaters. More of what we love needs to stay
Fantastic! Thank you for shining a spotlight on this institution.
Love this. I’m from Oxford, England but hope to one day go there xx. Loved this video.
❤ I somehow never thought about the wrangling of those great posters, very cool to see behind the scenes!
Love love love this! Karen & Bruce are LEGENDS, and Film Forum is EXTRAORDINARY! Crazy how everyone who works there is like the best at their job, and that’s how it continues to thrive! To a million more years, FF! 🥂(missed opportunity to show unsalted popcorn during the “stuck in time” line :P)
"This is like my church"....a great line. Movies are my life.nothing better!
great video! love this style of content. would love to visit this theater!
I saw The Tingler there in the 90s! Vincent Price, 'interactive' film with seats that shock you, etc.
Great memory.
How did I not know about this place?? I’m absolutely going. Thanks so much for featuring it
Very interesting! Thank you for bringing attention to another hidden NYC gem! Will definitely check it out.
niche places like these, which could only exist and thrive in a city of millions, is the #1 reason I would want to live in NYC
Dear god, this place looks awesome. On my list for the next time I get to NYC. I wish covid didn't kill the revival theaters in Bangkok. 😥
Will visit this place for sure!
As a member i go to Film Forum all the time, how i love it !!! Mr Goldstein is awesome
Another classic, Jack 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for all the great videos please don’t stop making them 💕💕 they are very well made
This channel is so good
Thank you!
i love film forum. but i also want to give shoutouts to some other great NYC rep theaters: Metrograph, IFC, Quad
I love Film Forum. I do. However, it’s small. I’m happy the seats are more comfortable, but those screens are so small for a movie theater. I get that it’s old school, but people go there for the programming first and foremost
I love this video, madd me feel closer with the film forum community, my favorite theater in all of New York. It’s an art within the art it shows.
my kind of movie theater
Yalls video editing is so engaging Holy shit
Never been to the Film Forum although I’ve spent many nights and early mornings at SOB’s next door.
I love love love this video ! Will be visiting on my next trip to New York. 🩷
I love it and miss it. Went to school in NYC long ago and had so many good nights there.
banger alert
there's still small theaters out there like this, but none of them are able to run daily or non-profit, so we should cherish them while they're still around and they might last longer
yes, Yes, YES. More please!
I miss working in a projection booth. I loved that job.
I think this is my favorite Public Opinion video yet.......gonna go on a date night to film forum pronto :)
Incredible date night spot
This is what the original Alamo Draft house was in austin when it first opened in the late 90s!
Maybe the best yet
This setting could work for a romantic comedy-drama series, a mix of Adventureland/The IT Crowd/Superstore & a sprinkle of Derek
I went to Film Forum 10 years ago to see a documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky and his ill-fated adaptation of Dune that never was. I remember there being only three theaters but I didn't know they added a fourth. Seeing these people be excited for film makes me at least happy. I'm pretty jaded when it comes to cinema nowadays and I live in Queens.
Also, the films I want to see are not playing in NYC. Always the same tired classics and the same middlebrow indie drivel.
“A movie theater has to build community” that part!
Long live film forum, and all the small indie spots across the country, some of my favorite places to disappear and find new friends and favorites
Beautiful.
"This is like my church"
that sentence just hits different
Amazing spot I go all the time
I loved Linda's personality, so I googled her. She has some awesome videos on water sustainability and a few movie credits, herself. I love these local places with cool people. Great reporting.
god bless Film Forum! The best
love film forum
Go see le samourai!!!
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES LIKE THIS! The Show Room in Asbury Park, NJ!!!!
Nice work. (I used to host the new filmmakers NY series at anthology film archives.)
Awesome
This is always a "holy site" for me on my 'filmgrages' from MTL.
Like the dude that said "this is my church". 👉that's MY line👈 😅.
I am all about CELLULOID, 'tradition' and class.
Film Forum has a great and respectful balance of elements that makes it what it is.
A cozy "local cafe/bookstore" kinda vibe. Unique anywhere.
-JC ❤🎥🎞🎬
My dad used to work here for like 20 years
If a theater runs Robot Dreams then you know they're good.
So bizarre to see young people today doing the same job I had in the 1980s for a while in the same type of theater, and it’s news!
This is so New York I can smell it
YES
really well done video
I would bet Linda is a script supervisor
this was fucking awesome
Two guys on a ladder?
That's prob fine 🤷🏼♂️
Great vid
Movies are siiiiiiiiick
Good video
Susanna is babe-o-riffic.
Hopefully this survives….
... and I'm stuck here in capitalist hell garbage-fire Arizona...
This is a very leftist video. From the perspective of the workers, who are unionized btw!! to the consumers and fans of the theater.The sense of commmunity you feel is amazing. Hopefully I can visit one day.
Huh
AMC in the thumbnail photographed during the day with no lighting ambience and desaturated to hell while yhe other photo is taken at night with ambient light and oversaturated. Garbage.
I wanted to like this video I really did. I just didn’t.