"I got on the elevator with a handful of other people to leave the theater, and as sometimes happens, there was a kind of a big exhale, just "whew," as we unwound the tension. Someone muttered something about it being a lot to take in, and the woman standing opposite me told us that she'd just been through a fire like that recently, and she started to cry a little."
"You can watch it on your TV, or on your laptop, or on your tablet, or on your phone. I think we're past general tooth-gnashing about people watching movies on non-theatrical screens having an inferior experience. It depends on the movie, it depends on the screen size you have, and it depends on the theater you're comparing it to. There are real advantages to home viewing."
The Lost Bus follows a bus driver and a schoolteacher as they move a bus full of children to safety amid California's devastating 2018 Camp Fire, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera. The film presents large, intense fire sequences in a confined bus setting adapted from Lizzie Johnson's book Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire. Audience reactions can be visceral, with viewers experiencing tension relief and emotional responses from those who lived similar fires. The film opened in limited theatrical release and is now available on Apple TV+, highlighting the differing experiences of cinema versus home viewing.
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