Especially 9-year-old Cameron and her friend Ella: “We are both only children and after all these weeks at home you can hardly stand your parents anymore”, says Cameron. “Besides, we have Netflix out now, so we wanted to see another movie!” Ella adds.
Cameron’s mom thinks the drive-ins deserve a resurgence. Not only in corona times, but for good: “It is, especially in the summer, the best way to watch a movie. I had not been in 35 years, but I immediately get nostalgic feelings.”
Nostalgia and pandemic fear
Because that is what brings many adult visitors back to the drive-ins; a combination of nostalgia and pandemic fear. And another thing: “It gives a feeling of unity, of sharing something together. And after those shootings in cinemas I didn’t dare go there anymore. I do here.”
Owner Jim Kopp also sees a revival of the open air cinemas, as long as he does not get too much competition: “When they call me with the question what it takes to build a new one, I always rebound the question, because it is not cheap. “
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