Talk:Prince Charles Cinema

Porn cinema?
I would argue with the statement that the Prince Charles ever operated as a porn cinema. In the 70s it was more of a borderline mainstream / arthouse venue that specialised in racier films - for example Women In Love, The Decameron, Last Tango In Paris, Caligula and certain Fellini films. It did show Emmanuelle for 3 years, which was the closest thing to outright porn, but bear in mind the original Emmanuelle was a blockbuster hit that attracted mainstream audiences and played nationally. There was a high public curiosity factor that kept it profitable in cinemas for years. However, in the same period the Prince Charles, also showed the first runs of Five Easy Pieces, Bananas, Cabaret, High Anxiety and Scum, so I think "porn cinema" is unfair. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.252.215.167 (talk) 12:10, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Rocky Horror
Have to admit I'm not entirely sure if it was Rocky Horror Picture Show or the Rocky Horror Show that used to be played out at PCC. Shall have to ask some friends of mine who used to go. sheridan
 * It was the Rocky Horror Picture Show - I saw it there in the summer of 1998. Do they not do that anymore? fsufezzik 23:10, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Not the way (I hear) that they used to. Following their Singalonga Sound of Music they did a few Singalonga RHPS, which is why I was confused about what they originally did - I didn't know if their new show was what they were doing before or not. Unfortunately I moved out of London around the time they were doing all this, so I didn't get to go :( sheridan 17:43, 2005 Jan 11 (UTC)

Great idea
Great idea to put this cinema in the Wiki btw! 15:27, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC) (sorry, forgot to sign before) sheridan

Movies in domestic formats
The PCC has developed a nasty habit of showing some films from domestic optical disc media, specifically DVD and more recently Blu-ray, thus seriously compromising picture quality. (The cinematic formats for which it's equipped are 35 mm film and DCP; all three digital formats go through the same projector head.) This seems like a notable fact that should go in the article, but I can't find any referencable source for it. I know about it only from personal experience: I'm a frequent patron, and about 10% of the showings that I'm interested in turn out to be in one of the non-cinematic formats. (Formerly the personal experience was of actually seeing a duff picture come on the screen (and usually leaving to claim a refund). Nowadays my experience of it is one level removed: I ask the box office, who report the format (usually accurately).)  What can be done about a source for this information? 195.81.245.98 (talk) 15:01, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Ghost
Is the ghost section at all neccessary? Nearly all buildings in London could claim such nonsense. Scunner3rd (talk) 23:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)