"Bubble" Sparks Debate on Cinema's Future

From the LA Times

Hollywood is abuzz over "Bubble."It's not that Steven Soderbergh's new art house movie is expected to break any box office records when it opens Friday. A low-budget murder mystery set in a doll factory and made with non-actors, it's hardly blockbuster material.

But because it's the first feature by an Oscar-winning director ("Traffic") to be released in theaters, on cable television and on DVD in a four-day span, "Bubble" is forcing everyone in town to wrestle with this question: Is the great American tradition of going out to the movies on its way out?

Not really sure what this means for the movie industry. The Theater/DVD/Cable paradigm is pretty strong.

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