It's kind of strange to be in your own house, round the corner to the living room, and be struck with a flashback right between the eyes.
I recently purchased some curtains for the living room windows, a dark burgandy color. As I came around that corner mentioned above, I realized that I had seen curtains kind of like that before...in a movie theatre, years and years ago. Back when movie theatres had dark burgandy curtains over the screen. When the movie started to play it would first show up on the curtain and then, as the panels would be drawn to the sides, the film would display on the screen. Oh yeah, I'm old and I grew up in a small town.
Actually, my hometown didn't have a movie theatre until I was 12 or something like that. We had to go to the Big City, which was still fairly small town all things considered. My hometown did have a drive in movie, which is where I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and many other movies.
The first time I had ever been to a really big movie theatre my cousin took me to see Saturday Night Fever. I don't remember much about that movie, which is probably a good thing, but during that part when John Travolta goes strutting down the street, my cousin whistled, really loud. It startled me. I had been brought up to sit quietly at the movies. You don't make noises and disturb other people. What could I expect though? My cousin used to be in the Navy. She'd seen the world and plenty of strutting sailors. I supposed she knew a good strut when she saw one and it couldn't go unappreciated.
My mom took my sister and I to the movies fairly often, at least that's how I remember it. Mom would tell us to get into the car and off we'd go to the Big City. My sister and I figured we were going shopping. Mom would take us to the theatre instead and we'd see something that my sister and I had no idea was even coming out. There wasn't all the media hype for movies like there is now. No kids meal toys, no trailers or previews. Just a commericial on T.V. and the posters in front of the theatre.
I loved going to the movies with Papafather, he bought us candy, popcorn, and sodas. With him we saw movies like Star Wars and Indian Jones. The last movie I saw with him was Stand By Me. I took him, because I knew he would love it. He did, and whenever I think of that movie I think of Papafather.
We only go to the movie theatres once in a blue moon now. We recently saw Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. The movie before that was The Prince of Egypt. I much prefer to stay home and watch videos and DVDs. It's a whole lot cheaper and now I even have movie theatre curtains! |
Oct. 9, 2008
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Oct. 9, 2008
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I remember...
