Re: Micro closing

[Jane S Freed <jfreed@uidaho.edu>]

The main reason the owners felt it necessary to go main stream is because
not enough people patronized the foreign and independent films to support
the cost of bringing them.  The Micro is also folding under the pressure
of the major film companies to put such theatres out of business.

Jane Freed
Moscow

On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Dale Goble wrote:

> 
> 
> It is sad that the Micro is closing -- but the Micro of the recent past is
> not the Micro that brought the otherwise-not-seen films to Moscow.  It has
> become simply a re-run house showing the same Hollywood movies that are
> avilable elsewhere.  I am not sure why the owners felt it necessary to
> move in that direction, but that is what they have done.
> 
> Dale Goble
> Moscow
>