Paul Dergarabedian Quotes on Time (5 Quotes)

Especially the younger people (who) are used to, 'I can plug in my video game and play it now,' 'I can download music and hear it now,' 'I can take my iPod with me and listen to it wherever and whenever I want.' Going to the movies requires that you're on a time frame and in a location that's dictated by someone else.

By programming two films that aren't chasing the same audience, you can really build a pretty good weekend for two movies at the same time.

Trying to take lessons from this summer is going to be like trying to capture lightning in a bottle, ... because it's all changing all the time. By next summer, who knows where audience habits and tastes will be.

What didn't go wrong That's the question. This was a summer that really could be characterized as under a cloud from the beginning. Usually, the first weekend in May, you have a big film that kind of kicks off the summer. It didn't happen that way this time, and that was sort of an indicator of things to come.

This should be a wakeup call. It's fair warning with plenty of time to fix things. If ignored, it's at the peril of the entire industry.