Just came across this. I was an usher at the Towne from 1974 until 1979. Manager was Beryl Goodwin. I had to walk her dog, “Dixie” around the block. She showed me a two page, hand-written letter from Stanley Kubrick emploring her to have the projectionist remove the glass plates from the two projection windows. He had removed them because he was getting contact highs from all the cannibis smoke being sucked in. Via Warner Brothers, Kubrick had ordered those windows removed from every cinema in the world playing the film, in order to not cut back one iota of light from his movie. I wish I had kept the letter.
Just came across this. I was an usher at the Towne from 1974 until 1979. Manager was Beryl Goodwin. I had to walk her dog, “Dixie” around the block. She showed me a two page, hand-written letter from Stanley Kubrick emploring her to have the projectionist remove the glass plates from the two projection windows. He had removed them because he was getting contact highs from all the cannibis smoke being sucked in. Via Warner Brothers, Kubrick had ordered those windows removed from every cinema in the world playing the film, in order to not cut back one iota of light from his movie. I wish I had kept the letter.