Why not? It's a film isn't it? it's not porn is it? If it's the sub they're showing then yes the art house is the place for it as mostly the "1337" otaku would be interested in see that then. But not a dub because for obvious reasons that could play in any cinema to anyone, not just the anime fan, and I wouldn't have to beat the bushes to hunt down just what and where this obscure art house is located and travel there to see it. That's useless to me and will just have to wait for the DVD release.Janus said:
Getting movies on general release is fraught with difficulties, is expensive and very often doesn't pay off. Place Promised, whilst an excellent and highly anticipated movie to those who know about anime and appreciate Makoto Shinkai's work, is largely unknown and would be difficult to promote to the general public. Convincing theatres to show a movie of such marginal following would be incredibly hard. It is a bit unreasonable to expect small anime distributors to arrange general screenings of a film, which in all likelihood would only result in greater costs to them whilst not promoting greater sales. Arthouse cinemas are a different breed since the frequenters of such places go to them to sample a greater diversity of cinema than is available in the mainstream so making a small profit at them is a fair bit easier since people will view movies without the need for the usual advertising fanfare, not forgetting that arranging screenings at such places is generally a lot cheaper.Mohawk52 said:
