Cinema is Dope

Took some pictures today of the original Alamo Drafthouse Downtown marquee that is now featured at Alamo South Lamar. Enjoy the pics!

::: Drafthouse Marquee @ South Lamar
via Flickr slideshow

I stopped by South Lamar to see “Hairspray” which is the closest I could get in movie spirit to the “Boogie Nights” screening (via Adam Shankman) the Rolling Roadshow is doing tonight. I got a ton of odd glances as I was seated before the film super early reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” The pre-film music video assortment was so damn good, that it quite often greatly distracted me from reading. The video that featured a female singer trying to sing all suave on a carnival ride electric small pony was a riot!!!

Freddie Avalos posted pics of the famous original Drafthouse Downtown marquee being taken away this Thursday morning.

::: Last Night at the Alamo

Over at his blog Dentler (SXSW, Fantastic Fest) has posted his thoughts and pics from last night.

Source: Slackerwood

Wiley (News of the dead) has twenty three classic images from the closing of the Drafthouse last night. Love the touch of the yellow Alamo hard hats!

::: Last night of the Alamo Downtown
News of the dead

Over at the official Drafthouse blog (link) they have just posted a link to a new set of pictures they have posted to Flickr (courtesy of Dave Garaway). These images (view set here) are some truly fascinating images from day one of the original Alamo Drafthouse Downtown being built (and Tim looking like a much younger version of the demented grandpa from Silent Night, Deadly Night “if you see Santa Claus boy…“).

For those like me that can’t make it tonight for the farewell, Jette has pointed me to David Hill’s immortalization of the location with a near complete panoramic tour of the entire venue (view here). Bonus points if you can find Tim and Karrie in it ;-)

To the annoying night club next door. Buddies you will be owned by an EARTHQUAKE tonight (cue evil laugh).

Alamo Downtown Blog-a-Thon official listing via Slackerwood (www.slackerwood.com).

I don’t even live in Austin but I have hundreds of fave memories of the joint. I distinctly remember walking up those stairs the first time and just feeling at home. Then again home to me has always been strange and wonderful single screen cinemas.

Top Ten Personal Memories.

#1 Getting Tim rip roaring drunk and wrestling him in front of his frightened staff, then threatening to burn the mangy old black curtains. Well I thought it was funny.

#2 Getting Udo Kier absolutely sozzled on vodka/redbulls before his Q&A eventually carrying him back to the Driscol on my back. Pouring Udo drinks at the bar while a strange and busty chick came up to Udo
and ‘accidentally’ let her boobs fall out onto the bar. Udo didn’t even blink. Marvellous!

#3 Tim graciously let me get Bo Svensen in for the NIGHT WARNING’ event, we decided to show Bo a montage of scenes from his films and ask him to narrate his memories of the films… Bo’s classic reply while watching the clips. “I was in these movies???”

#4 Tim doing one of the greatest opening monologues for the World Premiere of our film THE DEVIL DARED ME TO - and making the entire audience shotgun a lonestar. Unbelievable.

#5 Watching the crowd go gaga and catch the fever when Tim and Harry let me play the Stunt Rock trailer for it’s first ever BNAT screening. It began a revolution that saw the band Sorcery expecting a big comeback from it.

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