| tariq.1.rahim@spamgourmet.com wrote: Quote:x-no-archive: yes I went to college in a time and a city where there were still many art movie houses, before the VCR and then the DVD made us a society of walled castles. I think maybe the small off-campus theatres may've been a concession to the times of diminished expectations. In the truly gritty Depression era, movie houses were an actual palace to escape into, like a museum, with grand ceilings and scrolling panels and great majestic curtains, almost to say, you are special, you are worthy, despite the evidence of every other facet of your mortal being, you count. The art houses were a public closet to slip into unnoticed... -- Doubting Timus Ubi Dubium Ibi Libertas http://tremonius.blogspot.com/ |