By Byfenil Seta Jul
In India, watching a Hollywood film in cinemas means having an abrupt interval point. Some studios attempted to solve this issue by inserting an intermission point themselves so that cinemas don’t force it in the film as per their wishes. The same was done in Superman and yet, a case of ‘double interval’ emerged at many cinemas, inconveniencing cinemas.
A source told Bollywood Hungama, “Superman is a 2-hour and 9-minute long film. Usually, the interval occurs when half of the film has been done. In the case of Superman, Warner Bros have added an interval after nearly 80 minutes. They had their reasons to do so. A lot is happening before that and it’s going in one flow. Hence, they felt that incorporating an interval point at around an hour would hamper the impact of the nail-biting sequence. Hence, the interval comes once the crucial scene is over.”
The source continued, “All theatres were also informed about it in advance. Yet, it came to light that several cinemas either didn’t read the interval directi