Car cinema is back ... the entertainment makers' way to show movies during a pandemic

Mohamed Anis

While the governments of the countries are calling for the need to adhere to social separation and stay at home to confront the new Corona virus (Covid-19) - with almost complete cessation of various recreational, cultural and artistic activities - some resort to alternative methods that call for cinematic enjoyment after having closed most cinemas in The world has its doors, and production ceased in most technical projects.

In Germany, recently the control of the Corona virus was announced, with the infection rate falling to less than a person for the first time, and auto companies reported the resumption of production during the coming days after a four-week hiatus. Take preventive and cautious measures, according to the British "BBC".

Filmmakers are looking to gradually lift the restrictions of the ban on industry and theaters, with Germany now seeking to ease quarantine and public closures, and some companies and institutions, such as Volkswagen, to adapt the work environment to take account of emerging conditions and to adopt a safety distance and follow-up commitment to social divergence to prevent the epidemic risk.

In light of these developments, cinema audiences are awaiting the opening of galleries, but until this happens, some people offer to re-watch movies through "car cinema" in Germany, which is the pattern common in America as well.

Some of the squares in Germany witnessed the return of "car cinema" through the presence of hundreds of cars with their cars to watch movies and restore the state of entertainment, albeit with a commitment to social divergence.

The British Daily Mail newspaper stated that despite the closure of theaters, art lovers have invented their way of watching movies, as hundreds attended their cars to a cinema square prepared in advance with tickets paid via the Internet to watch one or more films according to a program, and it is announced in advance in agreement with the authorities, and that In the Essen region.

A number of rules are observed in this event, including the prevention, hygiene and wearing of masks. Only two people are allowed inside each car. 

Tickets are also available online only, and snacks, drinks or entertainment are not sold to spectators from their car, and there is no contact or contact between them and those in neighboring cars, in order to limit social contact.

Opening of movie theaters
In the United States, ABC News reported that New York Governor Andrew Como is considering reopening cinemas, as he announced a few days ago that the Empire State Development Company was looking to partially restore activity through car cinema , Taking into account social spacing.

Paul Dean, owner of "Vintage Drive", hopes to reopen his yard, which has started operating in the auto cinema since 1997, and has made a statement to ABC that he hopes to be able to open his yard again this season. "This will be a way for people to get out in a safe atmosphere to watch movies from their car with their families," he said. 

He added that if the ruler agreed to reopen his square and other squares, he would apply strict viewing procedures, as only two people would be allowed inside each car, and only a few cars would be accepted, to allow there to be more space between each car, to take into account the safe social distance.

He noted that "watching movies from cars is the same as watching them at home, but with more pleasure," noting that the number of people who want to attend such an event is large, given the number of correspondence received.

Dean concluded his conversation with "ABC", saying that the concept of car cinema is more popular during the past years.

The idea of ​​car cinema dates back decades. In the fifties and sixties of the last century, it was a sign of theaters in the United States. With time, it began to gradually disappear, until it returned during the past years in a number of countries in the world, and it became the safest option today.