Do the theatre's rent the reels and return them? So they store them somewhere? Are they just tossed in the trash? Any idea?
2007-07-15 01:04:14 · 4 answers · asked by bluewalink 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Good question
I always thought they rented it but I don't know for sure. If the theater has to buy the Film they wouldn't trash them, if anything they are stored.
Wikipedia has an article about how they are distributed and the contracts, but doesn't specifically answer the question.
Giving you a star =)
2007-07-15 01:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by Helpfulhannah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think originally the reels were returned to the company that issued the film, where they were eventually destroyed, for copyright reasons. For decades major studios were not overly sensitive about their material (see Holy Graal-type myths about "lost footage", eagerly sought after by film enthusiasts to this day, like Stroheim's Greed, for example... - the studios casually disposed of most of them, and in the case of Greed burned the footage to extract the nitrate and sell it... )
Anyway nowadays the films shown at theatres are no longer reels, since most modern films are now shot and projected in digital format, so the question of storage is no longer an issue I guess.
2007-07-15 08:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Falbala 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
humm never thought about that before
sometime cinemas still play old films so i dont imagine they throw them away, probably storage
2007-07-15 08:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by oohtea! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they are returned to what company they came from.
but im not sure.
good question though.
2007-07-15 08:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by missmollie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋