Studios like to avoid Halloween weekend; audiences tend to prefer trick-or-treating to theaters. Even horror titles like to open the week before with “Zombieland: Double Tap” this year, “Halloween” last. So while three wide releases debut this weekend — “Countdown,” “Black and Blue,” and “A Current War” — none should gross much more than $10 million, or break into the top three.
However, this pre-Halloween weekend is being used to test a new paradigm: Musicians-turned-directors who use movies to promote their new albums. Bruce Springsteen co-directed “Western Stars,” in which he portrays a B-movie actor looking back on his career. Fathom Events will host showings October 23, followed by screenings in more than 500 theaters nationwide.
Kanye West, true to form, is pushing the envelope even further with “Jesus Is King.” Featuring music from his long-delayed new album, West filmed his famed Sunday service in a James Turrell outdoor installation in Painted Desert, Ariz.
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However, this pre-Halloween weekend is being used to test a new paradigm: Musicians-turned-directors who use movies to promote their new albums. Bruce Springsteen co-directed “Western Stars,” in which he portrays a B-movie actor looking back on his career. Fathom Events will host showings October 23, followed by screenings in more than 500 theaters nationwide.
Kanye West, true to form, is pushing the envelope even further with “Jesus Is King.” Featuring music from his long-delayed new album, West filmed his famed Sunday service in a James Turrell outdoor installation in Painted Desert, Ariz.
Here...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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