36 ordspråk av John Fithian
John Fithian
Our members are aware of price concerns and are listening.
|
Simultaneous release would seriously damage the theater industry, ... death threat to our industry.
|
The court did nothing to change the law as it applies to copyrights. We view the case as a decision in patent law. If the law were changed for copyrights, it would not mean block booking was legal.
|
The issues of collapsing windows will still be an important topic. But I do not think it's as hot or as controversial as it was in October. The vast majority of the studios have given us very strong, private and public, assurances that sequential release works for them as a business model.
|
The long-term trend is positive.
|
The reason movies are released in this sequential pattern is to maximize profit for makers.
|
The structure of the industry is sound, ... We just need a few more good movies.
|
They go to the movies to escape their houses, ... and they like to escape their healthy diets too.
|
They're not terrible; they're just not as good. And so the industry has experienced a temporary drop-off compared to 2004, the biggest box office year in movie history.
|
This is something that drives us nuts,
|
This is something that drives us nuts. When Wal-Mart starts putting up signs a month and a half or two months into the movie's run, that just kind of tells the consumer: 'Wait -- it's coming.
|
This will be a more optimistic convention. The tide has turned.
|
We believe simultaneous release is a death threat for the movie industry.
|
We frankly consider that a death threat from one of our biggest suppliers. A DVD market that's structured with simultaneous theatrical release would be a disaster for us.
|
We have to attack rude behavior - fighting, bickering, talking too loud.
|