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• LB commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  I went to a preview screening of The Incredible Hulk last year with my boyfriend. The pass specifically said no camera, so I left my digital camera at home and my boyfriend borrowed his father's cell phone so he could leave his camera phone. My cell phone had no camera, because when I originally bought it I made sure to pick one that didn't have a camera so I wouldn't have to worry about it being confiscated at concerts/screenings etc. Let's make that clear: we followed directions and left any recording devices we had at home. When we got into...
• Hugh Lilly commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  There's a difference between public preview screenings and press screenings. I went to a press screening of The Hangover here recently in Auckland, New Zealand, the first time I've had my phone confiscated as a critic. If the studios keep doing this, they'll find eventually that critics just won't bother to publicise their films....
• Zandy commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  "What does the film industry do to safeguard your phone when you see a preview? It's very hard to say. No one could really tell me what the details were." The one screening where this happened at a film festival that I was volunteering at, one of the security guards ended up guarding a table piled high with mobile phones for the duration. I am guessing that generally the studio just lets the security people make it up....
• tomstedham commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  I'm a security guard (not at a theater). My concerns would be: a) properly securing each item, ie, in a sealed bag, labeled on the outside. Maybe the owner's business card placed inside for identification. b) liability! who is responsible if "something happens"? Me, my employer, the theater, etc... If someone takes the wrong phone, must I do paperwork? lol... c) secured storage of items. Locked in an office. who has access? If someone has to leave, can they get their phone back in a reasonable amount of time? d) are the patrons being searched??? ie with a wand, pat-downs,...
• Halloween Jack commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  I'm wondering how closely they search you; it should be pretty easy to get one of those traveler's wallets that strap to your calf or the small of your back and just say that you knew they were going to confiscate them so you left it at home/in the car/at the hotel. If they're really going to feel you up, I'd have to ask myself if watching Megan Fox being chased by a snarling pile of junk was worth getting my beans and franks groped by some random ticket-ripper....