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Post by tory on Oct 28, 2021 8:42:29 GMT
I have a trip planned for London tomorrow with my boy and looked on the BFI site to see if there was anything worthwhile on that we might see. Lo and behold, a newly restored print of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai at 6.30 pm is being shown.
He's only eight but I think seeing this film at the cinema will be a real eye-opener and hopefully a treasured experience. He's somewhat obsessed with Japanese culture, Samurai and the like, so seeing this on the big screen surpasses watching it at home.
That's the sort of thing I like doing - that serendipitous thing with cinema in particular - where you chance upon something and go on the spur of the moment. So much of life is planned, that sometimes the notion that you are in a rhythm and then in these tiny little moments you happen to be synchronised with another thing (like a film showing at a cinema) and then you wait another 10 years or so to see it again. With so much culture, and in particular films, at our fingertips, I feel that has decayed, at least with me, my own attachment to things.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 8:56:31 GMT
That gives me an idea for an invention, a sphincter spreader for uptight assholes. It will go in the men's room vs. the lobby. I bet you sit there chewing away for the whole movie dontcha? Greedily shovelling popcorn into your gob with your shovel hands. Munching loudly on crisps and infuriating everybody in close proximity. Sucking on sweets like a hungry piglet sucking on his mothers teats. Slurping your DIET COKE. ARSEHOLE I am so with you on this one. And people forget that in Britain, loading up on sweets wasn't really done. Instead you'd get that little carton of ice cream during the intermission..that was your treat. Unfortunately it all changed during the 90s when the idea came in that you had to take in a shopping trolley of popcorn and sweets to enjoy a film. And now we're fucking stuck with it. It's made going to the cinema a wretched affair.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Oct 28, 2021 8:58:07 GMT
I went to the cinema a NUMBER of times in the USA whilst I was there. I will say that, in general, people talk a lot more in US audiences than they do over here. Goatboy in US movie theater. That boils my piss. The last time I told off some cunts in the cinema for talking too much was a couple years back. It's one of those situations where you want to be polite (ish) but firm enough with maybe just a hint of menace to make sure they zip it. It worked anyway.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Oct 28, 2021 9:08:41 GMT
I bet you sit there chewing away for the whole movie dontcha? Greedily shovelling popcorn into your gob with your shovel hands. Munching loudly on crisps and infuriating everybody in close proximity. Sucking on sweets like a hungry piglet sucking on his mothers teats. Slurping your DIET COKE. ARSEHOLE I am so with you on this one. And people forget that in Britain, loading up on sweets wasn't really done. Instead you'd get that little carton of ice cream during the intermission..that was your treat. Unfortunately it all changed during the 90s when the idea came in that you had to take in a shopping trolley of popcorn and sweets to enjoy a film. And now we're fucking stuck with it. It's made going to the cinema a wretched affair. Another thing ruined by the yanks but then people growing up these days know nothing else. I remember the usher would come in during the intermission growing up and, yeah, the old man might buy an ice cream and that was it. Dignified. I was sat watching Dune last Saturday and some dude about 4 seats away was munching on popcorn and it IS distracting. And you think to yourself, they must know this because we all know when we're not eating this stuff can be distracting but they don't care cos...I must have food! I must eat! I will pay 12 quid for popcorn! I cannot spend two fucking hours not eating! You know what cunt? Have a lunch before the movie you bloody imbecile.
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 28, 2021 9:32:34 GMT
Well I was waiting for Adam to repost the original questions 'cos we're missing three....but anyway, here goes 1. what was your local cinema when growing up? What memories do you have of it?Whitehaven's only cinema (now AND then) was the GAIETY. I didn't go very often, partly because I wasn't a huge film fan as a kid, and partly because the cinema itself didn't show anything apart from one or two family films a week. When my Mam was a kid there were three cinemas in Whitehaven - the Gaiety, the Empire, and the Queens. We found her diaries and she used to go to see a film nearly every single night, often the matinee showings too (her parents were working in the chippy and they'd give her sixpence to get out from under their feet). I have a very vague memory of seeing Planet of the Apes at the Gaiety as a tiny kid with my folks, and being scared, but actually that might not have happened. Even though I don't go very often, I'm pleased it's still there, still going, because it's a beautiful old cinema and the interior hasn't changed much in many many years. 4. where do you like to sit?Front row, centre, always. I'm happy that almost nobody seems to share this preference because I can usually get a seat there. Sometimes the whole front row is empty. Put your jacket on the floor, stretch your legs, there's nothing in front of you except a screen. My most recent cinema visit was for the VU doc and I was right up there as usual and it was immersive, those Warhol films shimmering right in front of my eyes. 6. do you like to eat in the cinema? if so, what?Almost never. If they serve it and they allow it, I'll sometimes take in a coffee to keep me awake. 7. what's your most memorable cinema experience?A lot of memorable cinema experiences, especially in recent years. I go a lot - if you don't drink, and you're on your own, it tends to be the best choice for an evening. I don't know if I could single one out. Seeing Cassavetes' Opening Night at the Paris Champo a couple of years ago was a big thrill. The Creature From The Black Lagoon in 3D (they handed us glasses as we walked in) at the Filmoteca in Barcelona was a lot of fun. Blow-Up at the (stunningly beautiful) Odeon in Florence. A few recent films at Edinburgh's Cameo and the GFT were classy, really completely engaging experiences.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 12:56:52 GMT
I am so with you on this one. And people forget that in Britain, loading up on sweets wasn't really done. Instead you'd get that little carton of ice cream during the intermission..that was your treat. Unfortunately it all changed during the 90s when the idea came in that you had to take in a shopping trolley of popcorn and sweets to enjoy a film. And now we're fucking stuck with it. It's made going to the cinema a wretched affair. Another thing ruined by the yanks Aren't you barely 40 now? What are you going to be like at 75?
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 12:58:53 GMT
Well I was waiting for Adam to repost the original questions 'cos we're missing three....but anyway, here goes 1. what was your local cinema when growing up? What memories do you have of it?Whitehaven's only cinema (now AND then) was the GAIETY. Do Whitehaven and gaiety go together?
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 28, 2021 13:03:04 GMT
Always.
I wonder if we have similar cinema names in the UK as in the US. The Roxy is of course very common. The Plaza is another
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 13:09:56 GMT
Always. I wonder if we have similar cinema names in the UK as in the US. The Roxy is of course very common. The Plaza is another Rialto? A lot of theaters back in the day were named Fox because that was a big chain that owned and ran them. The multiplexes have reinstated that practice. I listed all the local ones I remembered in my neck o' the woods earlier in the thread: The HIllsdale, The Belmont, the Carlos, the Laurel, the Tivoli, the Fox, the Redwood, the Park, the Guild, the Stanford That's my best north to south on the SF Peninsula, spanning 5-6 towns. Most named after towns. Only a couple not.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Oct 28, 2021 14:32:10 GMT
Well I was waiting for Adam to repost the original questions 'cos we're missing three... question 2 was: 2. what is your favourite cinema and why?as i mentioned in another post, another missing question was: 5. do you have a favourite 'cinema only' advert?can't remember question 3.
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 28, 2021 14:41:22 GMT
My favourite cinema BUILDING is without question the Kino International in Berlin and my favourite cinema for seeing films I guess is the GFT - great programming
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Post by bungo the mungo on Oct 28, 2021 19:06:04 GMT
1. what was your local cinema when growing up? What memories do you have of it?the embassy in waltham cross. God, how i loved that place. my earliest memories were going to saturday morning pictures. me and my school mates used to get a red bus rover there and watch stuff from the children's film foundation and lots of cartoons. it used to be mayhem in there! afterwards, we would get doughnuts from the bakers down the road. it originally had two rooms, one big one and a smaller one. there are four films i remember watching there with affection. 'walkabout', which was a support film for, i think, 'swallows and amazons'. 'saturday night fever' and 'quadrophenia', i bunked into both films. the other one was 'grease', which was all the rage at the time. photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/135683/1441936735/large.jpg?1441936735ol' ma skope used to take us to the savoy and the florida in enfield town too. 2. what is your favourite cinema and why?so many to choose from. the everyman in hampstead, the phoenix in finchley or maybe the prince charles in leicester sq. so many good ones in london. anyway, it has to be the NFT. i was a member for many years. just the best place to watch a film and a great location. 4. where do you like to sit?like JC, front row centre! i love the feeling of being immersed. 5. do you have a favourite 'cinema only' advert?the snake beware of thieves advert. i wish i could find a youtube link, but i can't. 6. do you like to eat in the cinema? if so, what?never. i hold the same views as goatboy and have also had run-ins with noisy eaters. 7. what's your most memorable cinema experience?for romantic reasons, 'vamp', 1986 at the prince charles, front row on the balcony. ufft.
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Post by souphound on Oct 29, 2021 16:20:19 GMT
My favourite cinema BUILDING is without question the Kino International in Berlin I love the look of this one. I do also very much like some of the other classic looking buildings elsewhere in the thread. We have/had a few here and I'll try to put something worthy up separately, but this one! Yes, it is modern looking, which can be a bit of a turn off sometimes, but in this case it looks rather appealing to me and is clearly representative of its primary (sole?) vocation.
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 29, 2021 16:25:56 GMT
The thing about that building is - and I think Toby and Dougie will also testify - it's on a wide, Socialist-era boulevard that's seriously impressive in itself. The overall visual impact is unforgettable.
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Post by clive gash on Oct 29, 2021 16:33:27 GMT
THE QUEEN likes this thread.
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