your phone’s ringing, dude.
kudos to the plaza theater for staying relevant in the days of megaplexes, netflix and corporate run art-house theaters. the main thing the plaza has done to stay profitable is to create a whole host of “experience” events that combine a movie with other elements to create a night people will pay for. generally these include older movies that people love to see and may never have seen on a big screen.
last night i checked out the plaza’a flicks and giggles which takes place on the last tuesday of the month. the gig is they have a live comedy performance, usually a stand-up, show some trailers for classic comedy movies and then show a classic comedy flick.
thanks to tessa i found out they would be playing joel and ethan coen’s classic the big lebowski which is probably my favorite movie of all time.
what a blast. the comedian was decent, they showed trailers for fletch and raising arizona both of which would be great movies to have for flicks and giggles in the future, and then i got to see one of my favorite movies on the big screen. what is it about seeing a movie you love on the big screen after years that is just great? i dunno, but for $10 it was a bargain. i’ll totally check it out again.
Oddly enough, I think I was behind you on Moreland. (won’t out your vehicle on Metblogs, but based on your stickerage, it HAD to be you.) And when you turned on Ponce, I thought, Hmm, wonder what he is doing over that way?
also love The Dude. And the Plaza.
The only reason I am not a regular fixture at these Plaza events is that I am an idiot.
yah, will, me too. i will be checking them out more often for sure.
and annie, i am sure that was me. as you point THAT combination of stickers is probably one of a kind. seriously, what were there like five mccain voters in all of east atlanta?
Going to the Plaza for Lebowski was a lot of fun. My bro got mad that I didn’t remember to invite him, until I pointed out that he went to see Casablanca at the Fox last summer without me. Between the Plaza, the Fox summer flicks, and the Landmark, Atlanta’s a pretty good place to be a film buff, I guess. I’m not, though – I like big pricey Hollywood extravaganzas.
thanks for going with me. remind me to talk to you abour "nerdcore riding"
I went to the Plaza a few months ago to see Eraserhead on the big screen. I would have paid 50 bucks for the privilege.
I’m definitely gonna be on top of this in the future. Amazingly, I saw Lebowski for the first time this year (finally shaking untold amounts of ridicule) but I would have loved seeing it on the big screen. Raising Arizona too, that’s actually my favorite Coen Bros film.
ya’ll keep your eye out for "nerdcore rising" on friday. i’ll be posting more about it later in the week.