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  • Fetch me my slippers and the newspad

    Jun 08, 2011 | Written by Alex Fenton

    Video killed the radio star. Videos, according to a lot of experts, were also meant to kill cinema, but the truth is the experience of cinema is something that we all still enjoy. Cinema is more than just the 120 minutes of film. It’s the Choc-Top, the Maltesers, the person in front with the too big hair-do, the velveteen seats, the curtains opening for the ads- then opening wider for the feature, the trailers, the dolby surround sound, the crackling leader with the film rating, the laughter or screams of people around you.

    Cinema lives. Cinema thrives.

    Newspapers are going through a tough time in every part of the world and the talk of their imminent demise is deafening. But as Mark Twain once said: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

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    08.06 2011
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