Thursday, May 12, 2011

These Amazing Shadows at the Coolidge Corner Theatre




Some weeks ago, I received an email from director Kurt Norton about These Amazing Shadows. I've been in kind of a classic movie slump and I was really hoping that this documentary (read/watch more about it here and read my review here) would help bring me out of it. And boy it did!




Carlos and I headed over to Coolidge Corner in Brookline, MA for the showing. Between the both of us we have the majority of film history covered (early part for me, later part for him). I knew that we would both enjoy the documentary in our own ways.


The documentary was shown at the historic Coolidge Corner Theatre on Tuesday May 10th.







The documentary was introduced by director Paul Mariano (who is a Boston native, woot!)

Before I had attend the event, I mentioned that I was going here and on Twitter. I got this message from none other than the Self-Styled Siren herself.


Really?! We all know that the Siren is a pretty big flippin' deal but I hadn't realized she was in the documentary. So when the Wizard of Oz portion came on, I quickly grabbed my iPhone and took a picture of the screen.


Yay! I hope she doesn't kill me for this.


After the film, there was a panel discussion moderated by film critic Jay Carr and featuring Robin Blaetz, film professor, George Willeman, the film preservationist from the Library of Congress who happened to be wearing a Roy Rogers tie and Paul Mariano, one of the two directors. It was great to hear a bit more about the documentary and to get some different perspectives on the making of it and what was featured, etc. After the discussion was over, I was very brave and went up and introduced myself to Paul Mariano who was very kind to greet me. He knew me by name which blew me away? Little ole me?


At the showing, we got these cool I Heart Movies buttons. Very neat. I wore mine with pride.


Thank you so much to Kurt Norton and Paul Mariano for inviting me to the screening. It was very nice of them. And a special thank to Kurt Norton who helped me a lot. I wish I could have met him to thank him in person.

3 comments:

  1. Wow, this theater has screenings of These Amazing Shadows, All About Eve and The Room? That seems like my kind of theater! I'm really looking forward to seeing this documentary.

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  2. Angela - This theater is pretty amazing. If it were closer to where I live and more accessible (it's in a very busy area near Boston), I would go on a regular basis. They are simply amazing. Are you going to see the documentary in a theater?

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  3. Sounds like a fun evening and a very enjoyable documentary. I can't wait to see it! I'm glad to hear that another excellent program is making its way to PBS too.

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