Ooh…when and where? Just curious, Roger. Thanks for the info? Do you have any furthur details and/or updates on it? Just curious, because I’d LOVE to know about it. Are there any links?
I see your point, John J. Fink. Great, golden oldie-but-goody classics such as Wizard of Oz, not to mention a whole slew of others, should be shown in full technicolor on a three-strip film. I saw the same re-release of Wizard of Oz, and I agree that it’s still feasible. My hunch is that technology has changed so that digital, I’m sorry to say, is slowly but surely edging out film.
“Apocalypse Now”: ahhhhh, yes. I saw this cool, intense film 30 years ago when it first came out, and enjoyed it a great deal, and thought it was very well done, although I forget what theatre I saw it was. I think it was somewhere in Boston, however.
Years later, my brother and I saw “Apocalypse Now: Redux” at the (former) Loews Boston Common Theatrem and thought it was very good, also. Decent prints in both cases.
p. s. Here’s hoping that something similar is done with the 50th Anniversary of the movie “West Side Story”., when ITS 50th Anniversary comes up in 2011! I’ll be there for sure!!
Hey!! I wish TCM would do something similar with some of the great big, wide-screen movie theatres here in the Boston area, such as the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, and a whole bunch of other big-screen theatres! That would be so cool!
Sheesh!! Can’t people figure out on their own when to make a pitstop during a movie?
I saw Lawrence of Arabia at the Coolidge Corner Theatre last Monday night, and, since it’s an almost-4-hour movie, they did have an intermission. I never make pitstops during intermission…the line gets too long. As with any movie, I figured out what a slower part of the movie was and made a pitstop then.
movie534: of course intermissions won’t return to the average multiplex cinemas. They don’t play the kind of movies that have intermissions in them. Only in the indy/art-house movie theatres will you find movies with intermissions in them. “Dr. Zhivago”, another very long movie, also has an intermission, and, believe it or not, “West Side Story”, which is 2 ½ hours long, also used to have an intermission, but that’s not been true for a long, long time.
the UA Cinema 150 looked like a beautiful theatre. Too bad it was twinned, and then, ultimately closed down.
Wow!!
Interesting link and photo, J. F. Lundy. Thanks
I second that!
I remember the Nickolodean Cinema. So sad that another theatre went. It was right near BU, where I was attending school, too.
Oh, I don’t know, JodarMovieFan. Seeing Wizard of Oz on a great big screen, in a real movie theatre is always fun. I bought my ticket….and I’m going.
This sounds exactdly like what’s happening here in the United States, and throughout the world.
Ouch!!
That’s what I thought, Lost Memory.
Thanks, Lost Memory.
This is in Boston? Or is it a theatre that has long since been closed/demolished. When was this photo taken? Just curious.
I know the Wang Center Screen, Roger. The place is now called citicenter for performing arts, and they don’t do movies there any more.
Ooh…when and where? Just curious, Roger. Thanks for the info? Do you have any furthur details and/or updates on it? Just curious, because I’d LOVE to know about it. Are there any links?
What a great picture of a great-looking theatre! Thanks.
I see your point, John J. Fink. Great, golden oldie-but-goody classics such as Wizard of Oz, not to mention a whole slew of others, should be shown in full technicolor on a three-strip film. I saw the same re-release of Wizard of Oz, and I agree that it’s still feasible. My hunch is that technology has changed so that digital, I’m sorry to say, is slowly but surely edging out film.
“Apocalypse Now”: ahhhhh, yes. I saw this cool, intense film 30 years ago when it first came out, and enjoyed it a great deal, and thought it was very well done, although I forget what theatre I saw it was. I think it was somewhere in Boston, however.
Years later, my brother and I saw “Apocalypse Now: Redux” at the (former) Loews Boston Common Theatrem and thought it was very good, also. Decent prints in both cases.
I just joined up! It seems like lots of fun, although there’s not much activity going on there to date.
Sounds cool!! I’m there!
p. s. Here’s hoping that something similar is done with the 50th Anniversary of the movie “West Side Story”., when ITS 50th Anniversary comes up in 2011! I’ll be there for sure!!
Hey!! I wish TCM would do something similar with some of the great big, wide-screen movie theatres here in the Boston area, such as the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, and a whole bunch of other big-screen theatres! That would be so cool!
That’s sad.
Looks like a handsome theatre. Love the marquee outside, too.
Yup. Another one bites the dust.
Sheesh!! Can’t people figure out on their own when to make a pitstop during a movie?
I saw Lawrence of Arabia at the Coolidge Corner Theatre last Monday night, and, since it’s an almost-4-hour movie, they did have an intermission. I never make pitstops during intermission…the line gets too long. As with any movie, I figured out what a slower part of the movie was and made a pitstop then.
movie534: of course intermissions won’t return to the average multiplex cinemas. They don’t play the kind of movies that have intermissions in them. Only in the indy/art-house movie theatres will you find movies with intermissions in them. “Dr. Zhivago”, another very long movie, also has an intermission, and, believe it or not, “West Side Story”, which is 2 ½ hours long, also used to have an intermission, but that’s not been true for a long, long time.
I’ve heard different reviews of “Frost/Nixon” To each their own.
Without knowing anything about John Hughes, I, too am sorry to hear about his passing.
How cool!! All the best to you. Hope this starts a new trend nationwide! Wouldn’t that be great. The Retro Movie Nights program sounds great, too.