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* "The move also caused a ripple effect that was felt back in corporate HQ in the US, where long-time President George Destounis was ousted from Famous Players for the loss of the Imperial Six, its flagship cinema in Canada." <ref>https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2021/05/05/feature-history-ed-mirvish-theatre-canadas-turbulent-movie-distribution-biz/</ref> | * "The move also caused a ripple effect that was felt back in corporate HQ in the US, where long-time President George Destounis was ousted from Famous Players for the loss of the Imperial Six, its flagship cinema in Canada." <ref>https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2021/05/05/feature-history-ed-mirvish-theatre-canadas-turbulent-movie-distribution-biz/</ref> | ||
* So ironically, what was a multi-plex movie theatre has been converted by a multi-plex tycoon into a single auditorium live theatre. Why couldn't that reverence for the single auditorium experience have been applied to movies as it was for live theatre? Cineplex makes millions stripping away the grandeur of the movie-going experience and turns around and applies those profits towards propping up the grandeur of the live theatre experience. And so continues the accelerated decline of Toronto movie theatres. | * So ironically, what was a multi-plex movie theatre has been converted by a multi-plex tycoon into a single auditorium live theatre. Why couldn't that reverence for the single auditorium experience have been applied to movies as it was for live theatre? Cineplex makes millions stripping away the grandeur of the movie-going experience and turns around and applies those profits towards propping up the grandeur of the live theatre experience. And so continues the accelerated decline of Toronto movie theatres. | ||
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== 1990 - [PEAK] 70mm releases in Toronto reach high point == | == 1990 - [PEAK] 70mm releases in Toronto reach high point == |