During a recent episode of Dax Shepard’s
Armchair Expert podcast, the 58-year-old director expressed how most chain movie theaters are closing down because of the pandemic.
"I never like any theater closing, but some of these exhibitors that are going, they f**king deserve to go," Tarantino said. They’ve taken all the specialness out of movies anyway, some of these chains."
Tarantino also revealed that he decided to buy the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz because he feels like boutique theaters will thrive once again.
He continued "When we opened up the New Beverly about two weeks ago, in June, we sold out every single show. And I’ll announce one thing here that people don’t know yet: I bought the Vista. We’re going to probably open it up around Christmastime. And again, only film. But it won’t be a revival house — we’ll show new movies that come out where they give us a film print, we’ll show new stuff. It’s not going to be like the New Beverly, the New Beverly has its own vibe. The Vista is like a crown jewel kind of thing. So it will be the best prints, we’ll show older films, but they’ll be like older films where you can hold a fortnight engagement."