“The arrival of summer brings the opening of open-air cinemas and the screening of films under the starry sky, accompanied by the scents of honeysuckle and jasmine, within verdant gardens or with a view of Athens at night, and the feeling of a soft freshness on the shoulders”, introduced delicately News247.
Open-air cinemas, real institutions of the Greek summer, have reopened their doors without sanitary measures and without constraints, after two years marked by the pandemic. Enough to allow spectators to fully experience the visual, auditory and olfactory experience provided by outdoor screenings.
Total and ritual experience
Interviewed by the Greek site, three owners discuss the difficulties encountered over the past two summers, the challenges to be met and the specificity of the “summer cinemas”.
“Watching a film in the open air is a total and almost ritual experience, one of the habits