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Back to the movies?

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

As we inch closer towards a post-pandemic world, will everyone go back to watching movies in theaters? Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson talks with Peter Kafka about her observations and predictions as movie theaters start to open back up. References: Listen and subscribe to Recode Media with Peter Kafka Listen and subscribe to What to Watch with Alissa Wilkinson Read Alissa’s review of Nomadland. Read Alissa’s review of Godzilla vs. Kong Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: - Host: Peter Kafka - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We're not there yet, but we're getting closer. We are moving towards a post-pandemic

0:41.7

world. And the question for the day is, when we get there, will we be going back

0:47.2

to the movies? When theaters are forced to shut down a year ago, many of us

0:50.5

question if they'd ever reopen. Studios turn to streaming services to make up

0:54.3

for the loss in ticket sales, because they had no other choice. Now theaters are

0:58.3

starting to open their doors. So what's going to happen to movies and movie

1:02.9

going? Joining us to discuss is Vox Film Credit, Melissa Wilkinson. Hey, good to

1:07.9

be here. Thank you for coming. Let's talk about the film industry's

1:11.0

perspective. Then let's talk about what it means for viewers. I know the film

1:14.9

industry did not want a pandemic, just like the rest of us. That said, how

1:19.8

did they do over the last year? How did how did the industry fare? So it's been

1:25.4

a rough year in Hollywood. Box office receipts obviously were way, way, way

1:31.8

down. The theaters were open some places, but not in major markets. There was a

1:37.5

bounce in drive-ins over the summer, which was kind of exciting and seems like

1:42.1

it might persist. It's like the vinyl records of 2020. Yeah, exactly. I mean, a

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