I don’t claim to be an expert at this stuff, and therefore, I don’t really have a dog in this discussion, but I’ll say this: It’s disgusting that people can and do get away with this kind of illegal pirating of movies, and it would be wonderful if a stop could be put to that once and for all, first because copyright infringement issues ARE involved here, and, secondly because this kind of illegal movie piracy really HAS helped to all but kill off the movie and movie theatre business.
Another longtime community movie cinema bites the dust. How sad. I read the story about the closing twice, and actually got a lump in my throat. I also feel sorry for the woman who’ll be out of a job, too. Even though I don’t reside in the area, it’s sad to read/hear about closures like this. Yet, in this day and age of DVD’s and crappy films, it comes as no surprise.
Sounds cool, Love movies-hate going! What a great first sentence to your post. I could see worse stuff coming from Hollywood these days with the recession.
Hey—speaking of older films, do you think that they’ll show more of the older classics now that we have a near-depression type recession? Just curious.
Ahhhhhh….the Orson Welles Cinema. That was a cool place, which I still miss to this very day. I used to go there a great deal in the seventies as a student, and in the early to mid eighties, after finishing school, and before it and the restaurant burned down. Movies that I saw there included Pink Floyd: the Wall, Performance, Bonnie and Clyde, Road Warrior, Blade Runner, The Harder They Come, Southern Cross, and, last but not least, to name a bunch of others, my alltime favorite film, West Side Story.
For a number of years after I finished school, I lived right around the corner from the Orson Welles Cinema and went there quite often. It was a cool place, with cool people working there.
The Boston Common AMC (formerly Lowes) Theatre is a huge, cavernous place. I saw the film “Apocalypse Now—Redux” there roughly ten or eleven years ago, which was pretty intense. I also like the fact that there are stadium seats, which means that one looks directly down at the movie screen, rather than at the backs of people’s heads the whole time.
How sad that kids who clearly haven’t been taught any better and who’re not mature enough to think beyond this kind of destruction managed to get away with vandalizing the screen, which lobbing spitballs at the movie screen clearly is. Hope the people who installed the new Dolby sound system, etc., were able to remove the spitballs relatively easily.
Seriously….who raised those disgusting, spoiled, destructive brats?
Petula Clark performing at the Castro Theatre? Oooh…how exciting! I remember Petula Clark. I was a big fan of hers in the mid to late 1960’s, when I was a teenager, and when Petula Clark was in vogue and popular.
longislandmovies, I’ve seen the following movies on your list and have found them very good:
Slumdog Millionaire
Waltz With Bashir
Defiance
Milk
Frozen River
Gran Turino
However, as much as I enjoyed all of the above-mentioned films, imho, NOTHING beats some of the older classics, such as :
West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia
Midnight Cowboy
Dr. Zhivago
Sound of Music
Wizard of Oz
2001: A Space Odyssey
True Grit
oh…to name afew.
However, imho, as much as I enjoyed all of the
I don’t claim to be an expert at this stuff, and therefore, I don’t really have a dog in this discussion, but I’ll say this: It’s disgusting that people can and do get away with this kind of illegal pirating of movies, and it would be wonderful if a stop could be put to that once and for all, first because copyright infringement issues ARE involved here, and, secondly because this kind of illegal movie piracy really HAS helped to all but kill off the movie and movie theatre business.
Another longtime community movie cinema bites the dust. How sad. I read the story about the closing twice, and actually got a lump in my throat. I also feel sorry for the woman who’ll be out of a job, too. Even though I don’t reside in the area, it’s sad to read/hear about closures like this. Yet, in this day and age of DVD’s and crappy films, it comes as no surprise.
Sounds cool, Love movies-hate going! What a great first sentence to your post. I could see worse stuff coming from Hollywood these days with the recession.
Hey—speaking of older films, do you think that they’ll show more of the older classics now that we have a near-depression type recession? Just curious.
Okay.
Ahhhhhh….the Orson Welles Cinema. That was a cool place, which I still miss to this very day. I used to go there a great deal in the seventies as a student, and in the early to mid eighties, after finishing school, and before it and the restaurant burned down. Movies that I saw there included Pink Floyd: the Wall, Performance, Bonnie and Clyde, Road Warrior, Blade Runner, The Harder They Come, Southern Cross, and, last but not least, to name a bunch of others, my alltime favorite film, West Side Story.
For a number of years after I finished school, I lived right around the corner from the Orson Welles Cinema and went there quite often. It was a cool place, with cool people working there.
I second that, SNWEB.ORG.
This is such a sad story. I’m at a loss for words here.
Thanks for the link, vito. Observing what goes on behind the scenes in a film projection room was interesting.
How cool, MK49er! Thanks for the sweet little story about your mom, you and the Patio Theatre.
I love it!! Thanks, Lost Memory.
You’re welcome, Peter.K.—Thanks.
The Boston Common AMC (formerly Lowes) Theatre is a huge, cavernous place. I saw the film “Apocalypse Now—Redux” there roughly ten or eleven years ago, which was pretty intense. I also like the fact that there are stadium seats, which means that one looks directly down at the movie screen, rather than at the backs of people’s heads the whole time.
Hmmm..
Ron…I had no idea that the Neponset Drive-in down in Dorchester was still open. Or is it?
Just curious.
Hi, Peter.K. You’re welcome! Best of luck to all of you in your endeavor to save the Ridgewood Theatre. Godspeed!
Aha! Okay. Thanks for the info.
Ha!! I LIKE that marquee! It’s cool!
How sad that kids who clearly haven’t been taught any better and who’re not mature enough to think beyond this kind of destruction managed to get away with vandalizing the screen, which lobbing spitballs at the movie screen clearly is. Hope the people who installed the new Dolby sound system, etc., were able to remove the spitballs relatively easily.
Seriously….who raised those disgusting, spoiled, destructive brats?
Thanks, Lost Memory. It looks like the Castro Theatre was just cleaned and renovated? Was it?
My nostalgia burns brightly.
If the Castro Theatre wasn’t on the opposite side of the country for me, I’D go, also!
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I wish you all the best of luck.
Petula Clark performing at the Castro Theatre? Oooh…how exciting! I remember Petula Clark. I was a big fan of hers in the mid to late 1960’s, when I was a teenager, and when Petula Clark was in vogue and popular.
The Crandell Theatre looks like the type of theatre where “Pretty in Pink” would be shown, doesn’t it?
LuisV—I get the message. Thanks.
Everybody else: It’s great to hear that the Ridgewood theatre is being landmarked. All the best.
Thanks, Lost Memory. The Crandell Theatre’s marquee looks kind of like an old-fashioned, but fun-looking marquee. Very cheerful.