FROM PHYSICAL MOVIE TICKET TO QR CODE
Against the dismal cinema landscape in recent years, however, Chong’s personal souvenirs take on a deeper significance.
His movie tickets from the 1990s are not only a marker of Singapore’s moviegoing culture once in its heyday, but a lesson in what we lose to convenience.
“This is what people in the 1980s and 1990s do for their entertainment. There was no internet. So if you want to watch the latest blockbuster, you have to queue up, buy tickets and just go to the cinema,” he said.
