Let's go to the cinema.0:06
Today it is possible to buy a DVD and watch your film at home.0:09
But millions of people all over the world still prefer to go to their town or city cinema for a night out.0:14
And before television arrived in people's homes, a visit to the cinema was something really special and truly wonderful.0:21
The golden age of filmmaking and going to the cinema was between 1930 and 1950.0:28
Film stars seemed like kings and queens.0:35
Cinemas were picture palaces where for the price of a ticket, you could find yourself in a magical world.0:38
In that world, anything and everything was possible.0:44
Nowadays, cinema audiences are much smaller and usually younger than the audiences of the golden age.0:48
Many of the picture palaces are now multi screen cinemas, with four or five small cinemas inside one building.0:56
Today's films appear on DVD and then on tv.1:03
After cinema, audiences have seen them.1:07
But some films don't look so good on tv.1:10
You can only enjoy them on a large screen.1:13
Television can't do it.1:16
You may agree or disagree with that.1:18
But for many people, the cinema is still the only place to watch a film.1:20
Besides, the cinema is the only place where you can watch a brand new film before your friends do it and decide if you like it.1:25
Of course, everyone has their own favorite kinds of films.1:33
Action films or thrillers, comedies, psychological dramas, science fiction, adventure and crime films, horror films or musicals.1:37
But cinema is always in the focus of our attention.1:46
It thrills, entertains and educates us.1:50
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