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> Altsie was a new, live theater market for the growing pool of independent films that don’t make it to the big box theaters. We basically turned bars into movi
by Joeboy 14y ago
> Altsie was a new, live theater market for the growing pool of independent films that don’t make it to the big box theaters. We basically turned bars into movie houses, with all the infrastructure (business profiles, showtime dashboards, and ticketing) housed on the web
I have no idea how good a business idea that is (I guess not such a great one), but it sounds like a great idea and I wish something like it could be successful. In my moderately sized UK city it's impossible or very difficult to see a large proportion of new releases on a big screen.
- potatolicious 14y agoSadly, a lot (most?) of great ideas won't ever be viable businesses. I'd very much like to see this idea happen also, but I also suspect there are some very firm reasons why the indie film scene is only truly active in a few cities around the world.