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flatlander commented about Rialto Theatre on Mar 8, 2013 at 3:07 pm

Hi Dave. We did see a couple of movies at the theater last September on Monday nights and enjoyed seeing you introduce the films. I presume you’ve seen that Boston Globe article quoting you on the problems of digital projection.

Dave Fuller, owner of the Rialto in Lancaster, N.H., said the VPF program “ is a huge Big Brother. It’s got a direct line to the projector so that it’s always seeing what the projector is doing. If you have an extra show or don’t have a show, they’re going to question why you’re doing that.”

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flatlander commented about Colonial Theatre on Mar 8, 2013 at 3:00 pm

This theater is still going strong with an interesting and up to date selection of indy films showing through the summer/fall months together with live performances. There was a recent piece in the Boston Globe about the problems smaller theaters in New England are having with the change over from film to digital projection and the following quote is relevant to this theater.

Yet Dignazio is planning to install a digital projector in the coming year; like all the other theater owners struggling to survive, he feels he has no choice. If the Bethlehem Colonial wants to show any new releases from the major studios or their art house boutique wings — let alone 3-D films or 48 frames-per-second blockbusters like “The Hobbit” — it’s convert or die.