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Darren Bevan: film critic on Hoyts looking to grow IMAX presence in New Zealand · Best of Business

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  Speaker 2: So it's all about the Imax these days. And the
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  Speaker 2: boss of Hots has hinted that New Zealand will be
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  Speaker 2: getting a third Imax screen. Now there are two at
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  Speaker 2: the moment, one in Auckland and one and Lot of Hut.
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  Speaker 2: They're both owned by Events Cinemas, but the group CEO
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  Speaker 2: of Hoyts says they're going to have an IMAX presence
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  Speaker 2: in New Zealand within the next year. So Darren Bevan
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  Speaker 2: is a film critic and joins me, now, very lovely
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  Speaker 2: to talk to you again, Darren, after you used to
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  Speaker 2: be my film critic on a Sunday morning once thereb.
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  Speaker 3: How are you hi?
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  Speaker 2: Andrew? How are you very good? So Imax is an
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  Speaker 2: Imax a thing again? Now is it popular again?
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  Speaker 1: Now?
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  Speaker 3: The interesting thing is Sour though, is a big moment
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  Speaker 3: this moment, and obviously because the success of the arts,
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  Speaker 3: the Christopher Nollen film, and that's not something that's unique
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  Speaker 3: to Ix in some ways fat with the matter of
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  Speaker 3: this film. People see this film in the way that
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  Speaker 3: film makes expend a bit to be met because it
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  Speaker 3: was shut on special camera in a special cinema. So
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  Speaker 3: as you see it the big screen, little the biggest
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  Speaker 3: screen of the you will not see the people.
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  Speaker 2: Can I ask you, Darren, are you close to your
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  Speaker 2: modem right now? Can you get closer to your motive? Well,
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  Speaker 2: unfortunately you're not coming out enough widescreen high quality with
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  Speaker 2: your phone calls as Imax does. I'll ask you one
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  Speaker 2: more question, where do you reckon? This Imax screen will
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  Speaker 2: go because heights are being stunned.
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  Speaker 4: I think they'll put in Christ. I think there's a
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  Speaker 4: there's not a prapice in Christ has happened for Imax cinemas.
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  Speaker 4: And if you're a bus you'd have to ask you
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  Speaker 4: that may need to look at whether it was supply
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  Speaker 4: of demand. And we've already got an Imax opened, although
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  Speaker 4: it's one that spent thirty years, Wow.
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  Speaker 3: Spend lessons.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna sorry, Daran, We're going to have to go.
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  Speaker 2: The phone line is not good enough. And I thank
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  Speaker 2: you for your time today, Darren Bivan, film critic.
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