tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post113735396722956351..comments2023-09-27T02:08:57.906-07:00Comments on Anne's old blog: a sad day for swedenanne frasierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-42657284444167080042007-07-31T18:48:00.000-07:002007-07-31T18:48:00.000-07:00cinderelly, with your love of rich color and textu...cinderelly, with your love of rich color and texture, i can really see how those beautiful old movie houses would speak to you.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-72032005595934965952007-07-31T08:57:00.000-07:002007-07-31T08:57:00.000-07:00i saw on the news last night that he passed. very ...i saw on the news last night that he passed. very sad. it also makes me sad when the old movie houses fall. we had several where i grew up in california. one burned that was on cannery row in monterey, and another 'the dream theatre', where i had my first date with my husband was torn down. we saw 'tender mercies' with robert duvall. it was a very cool old place, with a beautiful mural on the outside, and inside that great ceiling...they played the 'rocky horror picture show' at midnight for many years! i hope the oak street finds a way! how cool that everyone has a story for this post!cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331689337299062712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-50796322376739896172007-07-31T07:54:00.000-07:002007-07-31T07:54:00.000-07:00angie, what a great memory!the oak street is still...angie, what a great memory!<BR/><BR/>the oak street is still around, although it was closed for a while. I don't think they're showing as many films or holding as many events.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-9871815941767836082007-07-31T06:36:00.000-07:002007-07-31T06:36:00.000-07:00It's hard to imagine a world without Bergman. I wa...It's hard to imagine a world without Bergman. I was appalled that most of the news bits didn't mention but a tiny fraction of his work - he was one prolific film maker!<BR/><BR/>As to the art house theaters...well, it's one of the few things I really miss about Chicago. One of the best dates I ever went on with the hubster was a showing of Wings of Desire, at The Music Box theater. What an incredible experience - not only was the food great and the crowd eclectic, but the atmosphere was phenomenal. I'd never been to such a beautiful theater - they had little white lights set into the ceiling that looked like stars, and projected clouds moving across the ceiling. Magical! And I miss it. Small towns have their charm, but Chicago's Music Box will always hold a special place in my memory.<BR/><BR/>So...is The Oak Street still around? Just curious...angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751466673491487048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-7537710694866152982007-07-30T14:02:00.000-07:002007-07-30T14:02:00.000-07:00patti, i know exactly what you mean. i've been sa...patti, i know exactly what you mean. i've been sad all day and can't quit thinking about him. kinda seemed like he should live forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-64257530061503767942007-07-30T12:57:00.000-07:002007-07-30T12:57:00.000-07:00Bergman dead. I am truly heartbroken. He made me f...Bergman dead. I am truly heartbroken. He made me feel grown up when I first saw his films (I wasn't, of course). I think on my first date with my husband we went to see Wild Strawberries at an art house in Lambertville New Jersey.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137976357609312232006-01-22T16:32:00.000-08:002006-01-22T16:32:00.000-08:00bekbek, that's a great idea. stories about books...bekbek, that's a great idea. stories about bookstores.... hmm....anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137975539586834862006-01-22T16:18:00.000-08:002006-01-22T16:18:00.000-08:00I've often thought that a book of stories about bo...I've often thought that a book of stories about bookstores would be really cool. Every city had tons of bookstores, especially the used bookstores... and I was working at a bookstore when the big chain stores started opening in Toronto. I guess watching the old movie theaters go is a little like watching the bookstores disappear. But a lot of the same people that feel the loss of a movie theater, I think, also remember the weekly scrounge of the trail of used bookstores, knew which ones had the best prices, knew which ones actually alphabetized their goods...bekbekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935766604154823539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137633959280383682006-01-18T17:25:00.000-08:002006-01-18T17:25:00.000-08:00dave, several independent record stores have close...dave, <BR/>several independent record stores have closed, let it be of course being the big one. :( book stores like ruminator. events like the lyn-lake festival bit the dust. death of decent radio stations.<BR/> we still have radio K, but i'd say the current hasn't lived up to expectations.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137574405567779942006-01-18T00:53:00.000-08:002006-01-18T00:53:00.000-08:00Anne -You say, "we've lost so many things here in ...Anne -<BR/><BR/>You say, "we've lost so many things here in the past five years. the oak street and first avenue are almost all that's left."<BR/><BR/>What are some of the other things you've come to miss in the Twin Cities?<BR/><BR/>Davebookisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387512948314156540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137517009480749482006-01-17T08:56:00.000-08:002006-01-17T08:56:00.000-08:00normally i don't like going to theaters, but there...normally i don't like going to theaters, but there's a postive energy to the audience at the oak street that adds to the experience.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137515680619601072006-01-17T08:34:00.000-08:002006-01-17T08:34:00.000-08:00Most of the theaters I went to as a kid are now go...Most of the theaters I went to as a kid are now gone. Replaced by multiplexes.<BR/><BR/>I watch movies at home now, on the DVD projector. Big screen bliss. There's no history there, but there's also no annoying crowd and outrageous prices.Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137392417999030952006-01-15T22:20:00.000-08:002006-01-15T22:20:00.000-08:00bekbek, i love downtown toronto.now i want a falaf...bekbek, i love downtown toronto.<BR/><BR/>now i want a falafal with red cabbage....<BR/>mmmm....anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137384778894845162006-01-15T20:12:00.000-08:002006-01-15T20:12:00.000-08:00they are trying to restore the theater in my homet...they are trying to restore the theater in my hometown in burlington, iowa. i think i posted about that months ago. they fall apart so quickly once they close.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137378918981969492006-01-15T18:35:00.000-08:002006-01-15T18:35:00.000-08:00In the town where I grew up in Indiana there was o...In the town where I grew up in Indiana there was on old "movie house" downtown called The Paramount. I remember going there as a child. A well dressed usher with a tiny flashlight would direct us to our seat.A woman dressed in an evening gown played piano before the movie. The screen was behind a stage with a lavish red curtain.There were beautiful sculptures mounted on platforms along the walls, and it had a starlight ceiling. <BR/> I believe it was in the middle 70's or so when they closed The Paramount down and left it to basically rot away. During the past two years attempts have been made by private donations to restore The paramount to its original lustre. I hope it is a success. Like Oak Street, I was heartbroken when I heard The Paramount was closing down. I hope something can be done to save Oak Street. If not, it will be a tragic indignity to its rich history. :( <BR/><BR/>btw-If memory serves me, popcorn at The paramount was 50 cents and a coke was 25 cents.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106410070220667314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137376604787705872006-01-15T17:56:00.000-08:002006-01-15T17:56:00.000-08:00University Theater, Toronto. A completely commerci...University Theater, Toronto. A completely commercial venue, mind you, but wonderful sound quality, wonderful projection, and convenient to everything important in the city. I stood in a line for hours waiting for Star Wars when I was 10. Every big movie, you went to the University Theater. <BR/><BR/>Now it's just the facade for a shopping center and condos. But at least I found some wonderful photos of how it used to be, on an Ontario government archive site. Thank you for prompting that!<BR/><BR/>Even more heartbreaking, somehow, there used to be a little Chinese movie theater down the street from our apartment when I was a teenager. We saw movies there with school, and sometimes my sister and I went on our own. Chinese acrobatics and Chinese actors, in movies you just couldn't see anywhere else --and the decor was as gaudy and beautiful, all in crushed red velvet, as you could possibly want.<BR/><BR/>I think it might be a dollar store now! But one of its neighbors survived as a new rep cinema in what has become Little Italy.<BR/><BR/>I used to love to see movies in a real theater. Now you remind me that the reps continued to be wonderful --because they called on audiences who really did want to see a movie, not just eat popcorn and talk.<BR/><BR/>I hope the Oak Street makes it.bekbekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935766604154823539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137370038814020892006-01-15T16:07:00.000-08:002006-01-15T16:07:00.000-08:00i like rants.when i think about leaving the area f...i like rants.<BR/><BR/>when i think about leaving the area for a warmer location, the oak street is the first thing that pops into my head. i always ask myself if i could leave it. and i'm never sure.<BR/><BR/>we've lost so many things here in the past five years. the oak street and first avenue are almost all that's left. :( and first avenue has been on the rocks for a year.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137366052034575232006-01-15T15:00:00.000-08:002006-01-15T15:00:00.000-08:00It's a shame all over America, beautiful art deco ...It's a shame all over America, beautiful art deco theaters are falling into insolvency and disrepair. Community theaters are being shut out by gaudy Mega Multiplexes that show prepackaged crap cinema repleat with product placements and merchandised action figures. <BR/><BR/>A trip to a Megaplex for a family of four now requires a second mortgage.<BR/><BR/>Good independent films are relegated to DVDs and disappearing art houses. Unfortunate and disturbing.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to rant...Confessions of a Starving Mystery Writer https://www.blogger.com/profile/00731772701795707624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137357575449826992006-01-15T12:39:00.000-08:002006-01-15T12:39:00.000-08:00Thanks Anne,Stories like this are exactly what we ...Thanks Anne,<BR/><BR/>Stories like this are exactly what we need.<BR/><BR/>Ian<BR/>http://www.savetheoakstreet.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243858.post-1137355530233733472006-01-15T12:05:00.000-08:002006-01-15T12:05:00.000-08:00Good things like these always disappear. This is w...Good things like these always disappear. <BR/><BR/>This is what I miss about old towns and cities. They always have these really excellent places to go, only if you're in the know...<BR/><BR/>Coporate theatre popcorn kills my stomach, but the dollar theatre makes its money from concessions and has the kind of food theatre lovers dream about...<BR/><BR/>I'd take the dingy environment with history and customer service any day.emeraldcitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495241111424476230noreply@blogger.com