Deep sorrow about the future of Viennas arthouse cinemas. The business competition to the big cinemas is quite tough. Only subsidies by tax money can guarantee the survival of such small cinamas, which decline to show cheap hollywood movies.
Arthouse cinemas delight cinemagoers who are fed up with boring hollywood movies. Also an Austrian film industry wouldn’t be possible without arthouse cinemas. The importance of such kind of cinemas, for the good movie apart from the mainstream, is undisputable.
Poor number of attendees, high movie rent, business competition to big cinemas, and illegal downloads in the internet makes the life of arthouse cinemas quite difficult.
Two arthouse cinemas from Vienna, “Schikaneder” and “Breitenseer Lichtspiele” already were in great danger. In the last moment it was possible to save their existence and create a movie program for the autumn. Schikaneder arhouse cinema received a support of 35.000 Euro. Also the “Votikkino” and the “Filmcasino Wien” can celebrate the receipt of a 35.000 Euro support.
But another problem is already in sight. Now also big cinemas start to show the traditonal movies of the arhouse cinemas. Life isn’t becoming easier for the small cinemas of Vienna.
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A certain Shakespeare stage play at the Viennese Burgtheater makes the blood of the Austrians run cold.
The Shakespeare stage play called “Die Rosenkriege” (the Wars of the Roses) causes pure horror in Austria. Now the police and the youth welfare office has imposed an adult only for this kind of stage play.
Theatre experts, police, psychologists [...]
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am 10.09.2008 um 06:37 Uhr
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“As long Christians have to hide in Islamic countries, Muslims should not build too big mosques in countries like ours”, says the Styrian diocesan bishop Egon Kapellari.
Kapellari underlines he is in favour of Islamic regligion and culture in Austria. “Islam should represent the democratic legal system in Austria”, he says.
The only things which bothers Kapellari [...]
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am 27.08.2007 um 06:55 Uhr
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The Carinthian members of the green party are upset about their federal government. Yesterday the federal spokesman of the Greens declared a “culture struggle” against Jörg Haider, who is ruling the province with his orange BZÖ-party.
“Haider want to destroy our free cultural scene in Carinthia“, says the spokesman. “Now we are going to fight back! [...]
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am 22.06.2007 um 07:28 Uhr
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The most eastern federal state of Austria, Burgenland, has not a good architectural culture. Such conclusion made a commission of the UNESCO after its investigations about the culture of building houses around the Lake Neusiedlersee.
The area around the Lake Neusiedlersee is classified as “UNESCO World Cultural Heritage”. The UNESCO now thinks more must be done [...]
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am 10.04.2007 um 07:17 Uhr
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After a break of about ten years, Jules’ Massenet’s MANON can be heard at the Vienna State Opera tonight again. This is the premiere of the season. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy, producer: Andrei Serban, stage designer: Peter Pabst. The superstar Anna Netrebko sings in the main role, and Roberto Alagna – in the role of [...]
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am 03.03.2007 um 19:28 Uhr
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