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Construction and Design<br />
PRESERVING THE SOCIAL EXPERIENCE<br />
IN A STREAMING WORLD<br />
Destination<br />
Entertainment<br />
FJI’s Annual Report<br />
by Mike Cummings, Senior Principal,TK Architects International<br />
Many times, when I meet someone<br />
or talk with friends and am<br />
describing my work—primarily<br />
designing movie theatres—people will<br />
ask me: Aren’t movie theatres going<br />
away? I inevitably start with talking about<br />
people dining out even though they have<br />
a kitchen in their home, and the fact<br />
that collective storytelling is part of our<br />
human experience dating back to cavemen<br />
gathering around a fire. Usually this<br />
stream of conversation stops, but there is<br />
a whole lot more to the story.<br />
Longstanding businesses have been<br />
disrupted by new technology companies<br />
that provide previously unachievable<br />
levels of customization and on-demand<br />
50 FILMJOURNAL.COM / OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong><br />
050-062.indd 50<br />
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