New arthouse cinema (Pálás)

Sponge Bob

distraction wrote: »

yeah saw that too, but it wasn't construction, it was a film crew. I think they where doing a rec of the location.

That Ghost Estates movie I suppose

LawnMower Man

Not a single block laid in there and that hoarding and diversion must be up two years at this stage, City Hall must put some pressure on them as it makes a mess of the road down that side.

brianthebard

I don't understand why or how they could plan to build a building on that site without considering the possibility that there would be rocks underneath blocking the way.

FouxDaFaFa

There was a little Cine-mobile parked outside the boarding the other day, thought it was kind of funny. It was like they'd given up and just decided to park the van with the screen in it there as a replacement cinema.

Redhairedguy

That's the shooting of 'Jack Taylor' Season 2.

That'll be going on around Galway for the next few weeks.

Sponge Bob

The promoters are being accused of causing €1,000,000 worth of damage to a nearby house, nothwithstanding the fact that no house nearby is worth €1,000,000 either now nor when construction commenced.

Front page of todays Sentinel.

emptybladder

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The promoters are being accused of causing €1,000,000 worth of damage to a nearby house, nothwithstanding the fact that no house nearby is worth €1,000,000 either now nor when construction commenced.

Front page of todays Sentinel.

They have agreed to build a new five bedroomed 3 storey gaff for the residents! Have you seen the existing house, its falling apart :eek:

In fairness, I can see how the €1m adds up. It says an estimated 400k for the demolition of the house and construction of a new one, and specialist drilling equipment too.

That cinema will never bloodywell get built!

Mrs OBumble

Where's the house?

SlipperyPeople

Is this arthouse cinema going ahead? would love to see something like this in Galway

Robbo

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Is this arthouse cinema going ahead? would love to see something like this in Galway

Construction seems to be ongoing despite some scares about funding recently.

Sponge Bob

Is there anything above ground yet??? There is some work ongoing at sub floor level for sure.

Robbo

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Is there anything above ground yet??? There is some work ongoing at sub floor level for sure.

Walked past it yesterday and they're still working below street level.

Sponge Bob

If they finish the sub floor and fill it with sand then they can take down the hoarding if required and reopen the road. My 2c anyway.

what_traffic

Dock road will revert to two lanes soon at the Solas Cinema
http://galwaybayfm.ie/component/k2/item/2999-arthouse-cinema-misses-another-deadline-to-remove-hoarding
Will it make any difference to car traffic in the area? or will it simply push more car traffic through Cross Street, Bridge Street?

snubbleste

I miss Sponge Bob

irisheddie85

what_traffic wrote: »

Dock road will revert to two lanes soon at the Solas Cinema
http://galwaybayfm.ie/component/k2/item/2999-arthouse-cinema-misses-another-deadline-to-remove-hoarding
Will it make any difference to car traffic in the area? or will it simply push more car traffic through Cross Street, Bridge Street?

That link says the old two way system will be reinstated. Hope that's a typo and they meant two Lane system or we could have mayhem

what_traffic

irisheddie85 wrote: »

That link says the old two way system will be reinstated. Hope that's a typo and they meant two Lane system or we could have mayhem

It's not the only one in that piece.

Iwannahurl

what_traffic wrote: »

It's not the only one in that piece.

"After years of project setbacks and delays the Arthouse Cinema is die to open in May next year."

Or open to die, perhaps?

McTigs

what_traffic wrote: »

Dock road will revert to two lanes soon at the Solas Cinema
http://galwaybayfm.ie/component/k2/item/2999-arthouse-cinema-misses-another-deadline-to-remove-hoarding
Will it make any difference to car traffic in the area? or will it simply push more car traffic through Cross Street, Bridge Street?

Can't really see it making any difference, 95% of the traffic going around that bend continues on to wolfetone bridge which is one lane anyway.... opening the two lanes will just move the bottleneck further down the road.

what_traffic

McTigs wrote: »

Can't really see it making any difference, 95% of the traffic going around that bend continues on to wolfetone bridge which is one lane anyway.... opening the two lanes will just move the bottleneck further down the road.

Hope it does not encourage rat running through Cross Street. Once the hoarding was put up at the Solas Picture Palace Cinema - there has been a drop off in car traffic on cross street.

charlie_says

What I hope happens to this place:

When it opens they offer plenty of art house and limited release films.

They offer an unlimited yearly ticket. I would pay up to 250 quid for this if they got enough decent limited release movies in and had regular showings.

The Galway Film Fleadh moves here as the Town Hall Theater isn't a great cinema in fairness.

A rake of artists will come and show stuff during the Arts Festival.

People actually use the bloody thing as an art cinema, as much as I love the cinema so many Hollywood releases are utter sh1te these days and chew up all the screens over the town. I want to support art and limited release film makers instead of just downloading them as they are almost never shown in Galway.

serfboard

charlie_says wrote: »

I want to support art and limited release film makers instead of just downloading them as they are almost never shown in Galway.

Maybe you should get yourself a Galway Film Society season ticket.

charlie_says

serfboard wrote: »

Maybe you should get yourself a Galway Film Society season ticket.

I have one, thanks.

The problem with an art house cinema in Galway is that there simply isn't the interest. Plenty of small independent, arty and foreign films play in both the IMC and the Eye and are poorly attended. At any given showing you'd be lucky to have more than 10 people there.

What will most likely happen is that like the independent cinemas in Dublin, a lot of big Hollywood fare will play there. Now I'm all for that if it keeps the doors open but if they really want to make it a success then they need to offer competitive pricing, a loyalty card or better yet a pay €20 a month see as many films as you want scheme, show no ads before the films and most important of all ban anyone found to be using a phone during a film. If they programme some half decent director retrospectives and get in prints they could really knock it out of the park.

topcat77

think there is a demand for art house cinema. with the art house scene there tends to be a social side to the event, drinks and conversation after. there is no facility for this in the other cinemas. just look at the crowd for the film society season. people are crying out for more.

I know it's a big money maker for the cinema but no popcorn or nachos please! puts me off going to the cinema when all i can hear is 5 or 6 people munching on food.

FouxDaFaFa

I think there's interest, look at how well the Eye is doing with the non-traditional stuff they're showing like operas and ballets.

There's always a few films a year that I want to see but which are too small to get picked up for even a limited national release.

Wadjda and Frances Ha are two that spring to mind from recent times.

Galwayps

I went on the tour of the Cinema as part of the Open House weekend.
The building is pretty impressive inside and in my view they have a pretty good plan in place.
There are three screens with one having a small stage which could be used used for different things such as q&a sessions after films like in the film fleadh. Also suitable for events during cuirt, gaf etc. They also mentioned educational possibilities for schools .
As regards being an art house Cinema they seem to just want to show a wide range of films not currently catered for but as you would expect have a realistic view of cinema economics so i would say there will be plenty in there for everyone.
There is also a cafe and bar and the cafe is planned as being standalone like the Musuem cafe so it wont be subsidised.
If there is one positive in the drawn out nature of the build it seems that they have have used that time to tweak the design.
Looking forward to seeing it open

Deleted User wrote: »

The problem with an art house cinema in Galway is that there simply isn't the interest. Plenty of small independent, arty and foreign films play in both the IMC and the Eye and are poorly attended. At any given showing you'd be lucky to have more than 10 people there.

What will most likely happen is that like the independent cinemas in Dublin, a lot of big Hollywood fare will play there. Now I'm all for that if it keeps the doors open but if they really want to make it a success then they need to offer competitive pricing, a loyalty card or better yet a pay €20 a month see as many films as you want scheme, show no ads before the films and most important of all ban anyone found to be using a phone during a film. If they programme some half decent director retrospectives and get in prints they could really knock it out of the park.

topcat77

topcat77 wrote: »

think there is a demand for art house cinema. with the art house scene there tends to be a social side to the event, drinks and conversation after. there is no facility for this in the other cinemas. just look at the crowd for the film society season. people are crying out for more.

I know it's a big money maker for the cinema but no popcorn or nachos please! puts me off going to the cinema when all i can hear is 5 or 6 people munching on food.

I really haven't seen much of a social side at any of the thousands of art house screenings I've seen in cinemas around the world. Sure if you're there with a few friends and drinks are available you may grab one but you're not going to spend too long hanging out in the cinema once a screening is over.

If people are crying out for more why is it then that the majority of screenings of indie and art house films in the IMC and the Eye are so poorly attended. You're lucky to get more than 10 people at anything that's not in English.

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I think there's interest, look at how well the Eye is doing with the non-traditional stuff they're showing like operas and ballets.

There's always a few films a year that I want to see but which are too small to get picked up for even a limited national release.

Wadjda and Frances Ha are two that spring to mind from recent times.

I think that if you have to resort to screening opera, ballet and Robbie Williams concerts then you're somewhat failing as an art house cinema.

I really hope that it succeeds but I don't see the need and I imagine that were more likely to see the next Transformers occupying a screen than we are something like Show Must Go On or Pieta.

Galwayps wrote: »

I went on the tour of the Cinema as part of the Open House weekend.
The building is pretty impressive inside and in my view they have a pretty good plan in place.
There are three screens with one having a small stage which could be used used for different things such as q&a sessions after films like in the film fleadh. Also suitable for events during cuirt, gaf etc. They also mentioned educational possibilities for schools .
As regards being an art house Cinema they seem to just want to show a wide range of films not currently catered for but as you would expect have a realistic view of cinema economics so i would say there will be plenty in there for everyone.
There is also a cafe and bar and the cafe is planned as being standalone like the Musuem cafe so it wont be subsidised.
If there is one positive in the drawn out nature of the build it seems that they have have used that time to tweak the design.
Looking forward to seeing it open

People are really making a big deal of the cafe and bar. The Eye has a bar which is rarely used given how little interest people had in using it.

What I can see happening is that an awful lot of terrible Irish crap will get "premiered" there so that the cast and crew can invite their family and friends to tell them what a wonderful job they've all done. As I've said, I hope it takes off and offers something a little different but it's not like were starved for smaller independent and world cinema releases in Galway. We may not get as many releases as Dublin but this year alone I've seen a dozen or so foreign films in the cinema here.

FouxDaFaFa

Deleted User wrote: »

I think that if you have to resort to screening opera, ballet and Robbie Williams concerts then you're somewhat failing as an art house cinema.

Well yes, but the Eye isn't an arthouse cinema. I'm not suggesting the new cinema show operas, I'm just saying that there is a cinema in Galway having some success with things other than blockbuster films.

As for why the bar at the Eye is failing, it's never open and it's in such a bad location that I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people don't even know it's there. They tend to herd people right past it.

serfboard

Deleted User wrote: »

If people are crying out for more why is it then that the majority of screenings of indie and art house films in the IMC and the Eye are so poorly attended. You're lucky to get more than 10 people at anything that's not in English.

IMO it's because people don't expect to find art house films there.

Deleted User wrote: »

What I can see happening is that an awful lot of terrible Irish crap will get "premiered" there so that the cast and crew can invite their family and friends to tell them what a wonderful job they've all done.

Oh - so cynical! Unfortunately, there is an element of truth to what you say ... However, if you were to look back on the early films of some directors, some of them were crap too. Everyone has to start somewhere ... we can't all be Orson Wells ...