This should be on the lines of 'people who enjoyed that last post also...' My attention has been drawn to the views of the intelligent*, witty man-of-film Mark Kermode on similar matters, especially the demise of the projectionist in the multiplex. Mark's got a book out 'The Good, the Bad, and the Multiplex' (available at all good...) and there's a smart piece on his blog here which I missed first time out, this September. Do watch to the end, there's a sneaky visual joke in the last shot. I hope it's deliberate, anyway.
*Disclaimer - he bought me a drink at the Watershed when I was there to review a conversation he chaired (admirably).
*Disclaimer - he bought me a drink at the Watershed when I was there to review a conversation he chaired (admirably).