http://blog.spout.com/2008/11/07/pioneer-theater-goodbye-party-tonight/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.spout.com/2008/11/07/pioneer-theater-goodbye-party-tonight/#comment-116730 Peter Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:03:42 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6993#comment-116730 I am really really REALLY REALLY PISSED about this. I mean, how much more of this are we gonna take? Is someone gonna tell me that this is "just the way it is" in this city right now? am i overreacting? Not only is my hypothetical little personal film never going to play theatrically in this city, but I won't even be able to rent it when i sell it to a tiny hypothetical dvd company because Kims is going out of business. If we were real [wo]men we would ban together, '68 style, and stop this bullshit. I am really really REALLY REALLY PISSED about this. I mean, how much more of this are we gonna take? Is someone gonna tell me that this is “just the way it is” in this city right now? am i overreacting? Not only is my hypothetical little personal film never going to play theatrically in this city, but I won’t even be able to rent it when i sell it to a tiny hypothetical dvd company because Kims is going out of business. If we were real [wo]men we would ban together, ‘68 style, and stop this bullshit.

]]> http://blog.spout.com/2008/11/07/pioneer-theater-goodbye-party-tonight/#comment-116723 Alan Bobet Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:41:35 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=6993#comment-116723 With the closing of the Pioneer, another great place to see unique cinema here in NYC is gone forever. It was my favorite single movie house with the exception of the Ziegfeld and since I hate going to multiplexes that doesn't give us any great cinema alternatives, the Pioneer was the exception to the rule, especially during the years when programmer Ray Privitt screened great cult, avant garde, independent films at the theatre. This certainly leaves a cinmatic void that will not be filled in the future. With the closing of the Pioneer, another great place to see unique cinema here in NYC is gone forever. It was my favorite single movie house with the exception of the Ziegfeld and since I hate going to multiplexes that doesn’t give us any great cinema alternatives, the Pioneer was the exception to the rule, especially during the years when programmer Ray Privitt screened great cult, avant garde, independent films at the theatre. This certainly leaves a cinmatic void that will not be filled in the future.

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