Rialto really were bad - bad seats, bad sound, bad columns in the middle of the room, bad lighting shining in your eyes, bad exit signs glowing while you watched the film, zero atmosphere inside, and actaully, quite a nice atmosphere inside. Strange thing is, i think i only ever went into one cinema - never the other one. Or were there 3? How very odd...
Anyway: here's a thing: hasn't the Embassy, home of King Kong, Assorted Hobbits, and a gloriously big screen, also got a basement void underneath it (that used to have the downstairs when it was REALLY big)? They said they were going to develop that into a small cinema or two - but never did - so i presume its still down there, somewhere...
Anyone know? What would it take to get that working? Easier than the Angelika - which doesn't even exist - at least Embassy should have everything there except a fitout? Just needs an entrepeneur cinefile or two...?
Rialto really were bad - bad seats, bad sound, bad columns in the middle of the room, bad lighting shining in your eyes, bad exit signs glowing while you watched the film, zero atmosphere inside, and actaully, quite a nice atmosphere inside. Strange thing is, i think i only ever went into one cinema - never the other one. Or were there 3? How very odd...
Anyway: here's a thing: hasn't the Embassy, home of King Kong, Assorted Hobbits, and a gloriously big screen, also got a basement void underneath it (that used to have the downstairs when it was REALLY big)? They said they were going to develop that into a small cinema or two - but never did - so i presume its still down there, somewhere...
Anyone know? What would it take to get that working? Easier than the Angelika - which doesn't even exist - at least Embassy should have everything there except a fitout? Just needs an entrepeneur cinefile or two...?