Don’t Like That Shot? Tell the Filmmaker in Online Chats (Constallation.TV)
The online screenings are the latest effort by the movie industry to try to follow viewers online as the traditional movie business struggles. DVD and Blu-ray disk sales are expected to drop 8% this year from 2010, continuing years of decline, according to Nielsen VideoScan data analyzed by research firm IHS Screen Digest.
To promote his upcoming movie, "Damsels in Distress," director Whit Stillman will host a screening of his 1990 film "Metropolitan" next month on website Constellation.tv, which bills itself as an online movie theater. He expects to answer questions from fans who log in and to tease clips from "Damsels."
"Not many people live in places where they can participate in real Q&A screenings," Mr. Stillman says.
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