Curious to know my experience of watching a movie in a cinema hall/theatre during COVID??
Watch my video !! The intention of making this video is to show you how it feels to be visiting a theatre during the COVID era and the level of sanitisation and precautions exercised by a theatre like PVR so that you can make up your mind if you want to visit the theatre or not!
Though the theatres opened up in india in October, for most of them this will be their first visit since the start of this pandemic as this is the first significant new Hollywood film release in India.
There was no physical contact involved at the box office as booking was already done using the BookMyShow app. I just used the wallet app from my Apple Watch to scan the QR code to gain entry into the theatre. No physical contact for frisking the patrons. Only temperature check was done at the entrance.
The temperature maintained in the theatre was around 26 degrees I believe and I had to remove my jacket post interval.
The theatres are operating at 50% capacity as directors by the Govt of India. There are yellow strips marked for every alternative seats ensuring sufficient social distance.
No problems with ordering food as I used a QR code to go through their menu and made the payment through the PVR app. I had to quickly run and pick the order as the helpers delivering food orders into the cinema hall has been stopped.
The film is all about saving the world, the favourite theme for most blockbuster Hollywood films. Tenet from Christopher Nolan has his typical experimental narrative playing around with the concept of time, a new concept called inverse entropy and the riveting climax involving the ‘Algorithm’.
I guess this is the most spoiler free version of explaining the overall concept of Tenet 😊.
The action sequences are chilling and I was mighty surprised to learn that most of the scenes were shot in real with least amount of CG or green screens.
Watch the exclusive making of the film here for more information
