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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4      Non-Film Score Discussion: Intermission?     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Nov 24, 2017 - 10:06 PM     By:   Jim Cleveland   (Member) What was the last film to feature an intermission? The only film I ever saw in a theatre that had an intermission was Amadeus, but certainly there have been more after that. I think The Right Stuff had an intermission... but what about after that?    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 12:44 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) I dont know, jim. But I can think of a lot of recent movies that cry out for an Intermission. A very long one. Starting 5 mins in and ending 5 mins before the end!!    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 1:01 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) What was the last film to feature an intermission? The only film I ever saw in a theatre that had an intermission was Amadeus, but certainly there have been more after that. I think The Right Stuff had an intermission... but what about after that? (Just to ruin the joke in the other thread,) there was an intermission in The Hateful Eight.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 3:02 AM     By:   Hercule Platini   (Member) BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY had one in the UK.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 4:19 AM     By:   Rameau   (Member) Yup, The Hateful Eight had one, but I think I have to go back to the sixties to remember the time before (for me anyway). I don't think they're a good idea as they take you out of the film, but the cinema gets to sell a lot of confectionery.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 4:56 AM     By:   Adam.   (Member) I just watched the DVD restoration of The Godfather Part II and the DVD has an intermission.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 5:29 AM     By:   Hercule Platini   (Member) Yup, The Hateful Eight had one, but I think I have to go back to the sixties to remember the time before (for me anyway). I don't think they're a good idea as they take you out of the film, but the cinema gets to sell a lot of confectionery. The ABC Bayswater stopped JAWS: THE REVENGE halfway through for an entirely unofficial internission so they could sell ice-creams.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 8:00 AM     By:   joec   (Member) What was the last film to feature an intermission? The only film I ever saw in a theatre that had an intermission was Amadeus, but certainly there have been more after that. I think The Right Stuff had an intermission... but what about after that? AMADDEUS never had an intermission during its first runs. I know I saw it then. Ghandi, Gettysburg and its followup had intermissions. I dont recall any since however I saw dozens before which had them. Special reissues like LAWRENCE, EL CID & OKLAHOMA! maintained their roadshow formats.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 8:03 AM     By:   joec   (Member) Yup, The Hateful Eight had one, but I think I have to go back to the sixties to remember the time before (for me anyway). I don't think they're a good idea as they take you out of the film, but the cinema gets to sell a lot of confectionery. They ARE a good idea, the sprit maybe willing, but the flesh weak. When properly placed (i.e., written into the script) they "don't take you out" of the movie.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 9:23 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) I seem to recall seeing a film with an intermission, but don't remember the film. Intermissions were pretty much a thing of the past when I was growing up.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 9:26 AM     By:   eriknelson   (Member) I remember that Roman Polanski's TESS had an intermission during it's first run.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 9:35 AM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) I never liked them. When I start watching a film, no matter how long, I don't want any interruption. It's an intrusive measure which might, at best, be endurable by 50% of cinema goers. Perhaps the most intrusive aspect is that when intermissions occurred, they would typically be about 2/3 of the way through the movie. This had the psychological effect of putting a wrap on the film before it even finished. You had it slammed in your face that about 1/3 was left to go. That ratio was also asymmetrically applied - like throwing a spanner in the works. I suppose it gave people time to relieve themselves and get candy-floss stuck to their chops!    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 10:35 AM     By:   Mr. Jack   (Member) I never liked them. When I start watching a film, no matter how long, I don't want any interruption. It's an intrusive measure which might, at best, be endurable by 50% of cinema goers. Tell that to my bladder...if a movie runs 2 1/2 hours or longer, it DEFINITELY becomes an endurance test. Add to that un-skippable trailers beforehand, and certain movies are VERY hard to sit through without taking a break, and only at home can you pause the movie to take a whizz without missing anything. Can you HONESTLY say you'd want to sit through a four-hour old-school epic like Gone With The Wind or Ben-Hur in one go without needing a pee break, or at least a stretch? And Grindhouse had an intermission with fake trailers and vintage ads in-between the two feature presentations, so that sort of counts.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 10:55 AM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) I don't think the intermission is in danger of making a comeback any time soon, let's put it that way. People can stock up with the crinkly stuff when getting their tickets at the start. There used to be a break between the commercials and the curtain raising for the main feature itself - nowadays there's no break at all, is there? During a presentation I can sit still like a statue for some considerable time.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 11:01 AM     By:   Doug Raynes   (Member) I never liked them. When I start watching a film, no matter how long, I don't want any interruption. It's an intrusive measure which might, at best, be endurable by 50% of cinema goers. Having seen so many original roadshow presentations, I loved having intermissions (plus Overtures)which added a sense of occasion to what was a major film "event" and I never heard anyway complain about them. Of course, the type of films made today, even if very lengthy, don't lend themselves to that type of presentation.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 11:23 AM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) That is true. You can spot the intermission slot in the build ups to Ben Hur, El Cid and other mammoth productions of the day, as well as the entr'acte. Lawrence Of Arabia has a very structured end to the first part. Yes, there was a sense of occasion back in the day. But, am I going to stop a movie I've started watching from the start . . . not if I can help it.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 11:40 AM     By:   John B. Archibald   (Member) The last film with an intermission that I can remember was THE LION IN WINTER. But then, unlike many of you, I loved roadshows, and still have a long shelf full of souvenir programs from them.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 12:12 PM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) The last film with an intermission that I can remember was THE LION IN WINTER. But then, unlike many of you, I loved roadshows, and still have a long shelf full of souvenir programs from them. In the days before truly mass communication wrecked the joint. Don't get me wrong. I can remember the staircase leading up the circle and no stench of popcorn.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 1:00 PM     By:   Ralph   (Member) Warren Beatty's "Reds" is the last one I recall. One of Stone's DVD editions of "Alexander" and Ridley's "director's cut" of "Kingdom of Heaven" are intermission ready.    Posted:   Nov 25, 2017 - 1:11 PM     By:   Rameau   (Member) Warren Beatty's "Reds" is the last one I recall. One of Stone's DVD editions of "Alexander" and Ridley's "director's cut" of "Kingdom of Heaven" are intermission ready. I've never seen Reds, I bought the Italian Blu-ray on a whim the other week (really quite cheap), hopefully I'll get around to watching it, just so many unwatched Blu-rays.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Intermission?    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4

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