Fate of the Global Movie Business May Hinge on Andrew Cuomo

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In recent days, marquees around New York have been adorned with messages begging and pressuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow cinemas to welcome back customers. “48 states have reopened theatres…

in Times Square. The Aurora Theatre, a movie palace near Buffalo that dates back to 1925, was pithier. “Now showing nothing. Starring nobody,” its sign said.

to debut a film in the midst of a public heath crisis, faltered, in large part because theaters in Los Angeles and New York City were still dark.to April and Cineworld shuttered its theaters in the U.K. and North America. Now, the fate of the global film industry may rest with Cuomo, and with a handful of Albany lobbyists whose job is to persuade him that it’s safe to go back to the movies.

Cuomo has enjoyed soaring popularity during the pandemic, and has been willing to absorb criticism in the name of stopping the spread of the virus. “To their way of thinking, there is a way to get entertainment without going to a movie theater,” Clark says. “It’s been a struggle,” Clark says. “From the very beginning their focus has been, and continues to be, public health and safety. That’s the thing that’s driving everything they’re doing.”

 

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And the studios that have already (correctly) pushed back films, and moviegoers who are hesitant to sit in a poorly ventilated theater for 3 hours.

Here we go Hollywood once again Andrew Cuomo did what he had to do for the state of New York. because New York's favorite son who's president, failed to act on COVID19. Don't get mad at Cuomo when you need to get mad at man in the White House. He won't even help your business.

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