Comments on: Shetland Arts announces Screenplay line-up http://www.shetlandarts.org/shetland-arts-announces-screenplay-line-up/ We believe in creativity. We know that art changes lives Tue, 14 May 2013 06:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike Marshall http://www.shetlandarts.org/shetland-arts-announces-screenplay-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-73567 Mike Marshall Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:59:42 +0000 http://www.shetlandarts.org/?p=10162#comment-73567 Jacqueline McBeath’s comment on 11 August is very much to the point. Over the past four years running our little community cinema in the SW of Scotland we’ve found that it’s the classics on the big screen that bring the folk in (and occasionally a few younger ones too who are intrigued at what the fuss was all about). World cinema is a close second – those simply never get to the big screens away from the big towns and cities.

Most important of all, keep the experience of going to the cinema a highly social occasion. It’s not just about turning up, buying a ticket and parking your bum on a comfy seat. Having the chance to meet up, drink, eat, and chat about films or anything else for that matter is another very important ingredient.

I’m really looking forward to being up in Shetland for Screenplay and to experiencing Mareel. The Hansel of Film project especially has been a great, inspired idea for so many of us all round the country to become involved with – Congratulations to everyone!

]]> By: Jacqueline McBeath http://www.shetlandarts.org/shetland-arts-announces-screenplay-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-71172 Jacqueline McBeath Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:39:19 +0000 http://www.shetlandarts.org/?p=10162#comment-71172 Looking forward to Screenplay again, and to the Mareel experience.
I’ll definitely be there for Charoits of Fire, and probably for a lot more.

This made me think again about what I like about cinema, and I have a suggestio for the new venue after Screenplay has finished: show old classics that peope never get a chance to see on the big screen. There is a place for arthouse fims, but I think tat the new venue should also give space to the Golden Oldies.

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