Michael Aisner sent me a video of an experiment Roger did in United Artist theaters 21 years ago back in April 1994. It gave me ideas of how we can have interactive experiences in theaters today. But, do we want interactive experiences? The experiment with presenting operas in theaters has been wildly successful. There is a company developing a way to participate in the film-watching experience by using your cell phone. 

Please watch the video and send me your ideas about live entertainment ideas built around communal movie watching that you would like to see in movie theaters today! Or, if you don't want to empower these experiments, tell me why...

Chaz Ebert

Chaz is the CEO of several Ebert enterprises, including the President of The Ebert Company Ltd, and of Ebert Digital LLC, Publisher of RogerEbert.com, President of Ebert Productions and Chairman of the Board of The Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, and Co-Founder and Producer of Ebertfest, the film festival now in its 24th year.

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