The Start of Cemetery Season!!!!! - Page 24

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-23-2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

GD's expectations for outdoor sonic quality are somewhat lower than mine.

Um, it's 2007. These people rake in rougly $15,000 every weekend. I've heard excellent outdoor soundsystems since the early 80's. No excuse.

No excuse necessary. I am always pleasantly surprised when the movie starts and the sound is crystal clear. It always exceeds my expectations.

<insert joke about age-related deafness>

innerSpaceman · 06-23-2007, 08:25 AM

The sound was actually good for Holy Mountain, but totally craptacular for Vertigo. I think those were the only two I've been to this year, so I'll reserve judgment on this season's sound till tonight's screening.

€uroMeinke · 06-23-2007, 09:00 AM

I do enjoy the DJ sets

blueerica · 06-23-2007, 12:17 PM

I wonder how much they have going out in expenses, how much goes toward restoration, etc... I should check this out.

Not Afraid · 06-23-2007, 12:35 PM

Saturday, July 28
The Red Shoes

directed by michael powell + emeric pressburger (1948, 133 min.)
Gates at 7:30 pm. Film at 9pm. $10 donation tickets available at gate.
dj spins before and after the show.

€uroMeinke · 06-23-2007, 02:09 PM

Looks like we'll be missing the Haunting tonight - have fun, watch for cold chills and June Bugs, and we'll see most of you in the morning.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 06-23-2007, 02:20 PM

so who is going?

blueerica · 06-23-2007, 02:22 PM

Sadly, I will not... I have family matters to attend to.

€uroMeinke · 06-23-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

so who is going?

I know Steve & Isaac are

innerSpaceman · 06-24-2007, 06:17 AM

It was me and zapppop and Gemini Cricket and SuPeR K! and Leigh-Ann ... and that was the rudest audience ever. Drunk people who had no control over themselves, tons of people who were obviously not movie fans or there to enjoy the film (or let others do so).

I know there are camp elements to The Haunting and I'm fine with people having a good time. But the proceedings were generally treated as a comedy, or with disdain and disappointment by people who were somehow expecting Friday the 13th XXII.

Incessant talking, constant walking, and faux-funny screaming that had none of the comic genius of TUESDAY (for those who recall The Shining in better days of Cemetery screenings)

One particular group would not SHUT UP. People around them kept telling them to be quiet, and - 'natch - I had to finally yell at them that they were not alone in their living room, but rather in a crowd of 2500 people.

(Um, that works out to $25,000 an evening ... and yes, they can afford a better sound system.)

On the plus side, it was neat to see The Haunting projected large ... especially on a mausoleum wall. And the "spike" system of not having our space encroached on by restroom wanderers and neighbors worked better than we could have ever hoped.

But while GC and I knew the film would never, in a crowd, be exactly the same movie neither one of us can watch alone at night, in the dark ... it was very disappointing to experience the lack of respect evident in last night's crowd.

I'm thinking more and more that it's time to find something new. Not only has word got out to the masses, the new crowds are the unwashed masses.

06-23-2007, 08:25 AM	#232
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The sound was actually good for Holy Mountain, but totally craptacular for Vertigo. I think those were the only two I've been to this year, so I'll reserve judgment on this season's sound till tonight's screening.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I do enjoy the DJ sets __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-23-2007, 12:35 PM	#235
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Saturday, July 28 The Red Shoes directed by michael powell + emeric pressburger (1948, 133 min.) Gates at 7:30 pm. Film at 9pm. $10 donation tickets available at gate. dj spins before and after the show.
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06-23-2007, 02:09 PM	#236
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Looks like we'll be missing the Haunting tonight - have fun, watch for cold chills and June Bugs, and we'll see most of you in the morning. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-23-2007, 02:20 PM	#237
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	so who is going?
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06-23-2007, 02:22 PM	#238
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Sadly, I will not... I have family matters to attend to. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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06-24-2007, 06:17 AM	#240
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	It was me and zapppop and Gemini Cricket and SuPeR K! and Leigh-Ann ... and that was the rudest audience ever. Drunk people who had no control over themselves, tons of people who were obviously not movie fans or there to enjoy the film (or let others do so). I know there are camp elements to The Haunting and I'm fine with people having a good time. But the proceedings were generally treated as a comedy, or with disdain and disappointment by people who were somehow expecting Friday the 13th XXII. Incessant talking, constant walking, and faux-funny screaming that had none of the comic genius of TUESDAY (for those who recall The Shining in better days of Cemetery screenings) One particular group would not SHUT UP. People around them kept telling them to be quiet, and - 'natch - I had to finally yell at them that they were not alone in their living room, but rather in a crowd of 2500 people. (Um, that works out to $25,000 an evening ... and yes, they can afford a better sound system.) On the plus side, it was neat to see The Haunting projected large ... especially on a mausoleum wall. And the "spike" system of not having our space encroached on by restroom wanderers and neighbors worked better than we could have ever hoped. But while GC and I knew the film would never, in a crowd, be exactly the same movie neither one of us can watch alone at night, in the dark ... it was very disappointing to experience the lack of respect evident in last night's crowd. I'm thinking more and more that it's time to find something new. Not only has word got out to the masses, the new crowds are the unwashed masses.
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