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skonster
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:06 PM UTC #
Dupont should be ok, but Janus was in a similar position until it closed a couple of years ago (granted the screening rooms were hilariously bad - but they did show good stuff; it's last week they showed the rereleased 'last waltz'), and I really don't see inner circle being open much longer.

I think the Post article about the new theater mentioned that it was going to focus on 'edgier' stuff than the Bethesda one and was planning on starting up midnight movies, eventually, as well. I do think the Citypaper article was pretty good; I worry that this Landmark could push visions under and then flip over to just playing the more mainstream 'independent' stuff. I haven't found much need to go up to Bethesda because it's usually not playing anything I can't find at Dupont or Inner Circle.

The movie-watching scenes in Chicago and then Toronto spoiled me, and one of my favorit pastimes is to complain about the movie scene here, so I do hope it works out and all.
mankie
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:08 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] Basically, DC is a small enough city that you needn't be driving around a car within, if your're a DC resident (except unless you have heavy grocery bags or something like that).

If you are a DC resident driving somewhere three metro stops away, you're a fucking lazy slug.




I would love that lifestyle…it's what I grew up with. I really miss walking the dog to the corner shop in the morning for a paper…and choccie bar of course, and "popping out" to the supermarket to get something for dinner, or nipping out to the pub for an hour in the evening. Just the simple things like that…unfortunately I can't justify paying the same to live in a cardboard box in DC as I did for a nice sized house in the burbs, so a car it is for me..until next year of course.
bags
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:11 PM UTC #
But you know, Janus and Inner Circle are/were AWFUL theaters. I know a lot of people who would not go to the Janus no matter what. I ended up going a lot, but it's near my neighborhood.

As for Visions, that place is really quirky and tends to show *super* offbeat stuff. I'm not sure how the competition will really pan out…
mankie
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:14 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Celeste:
I thought you hated cyclists…
Oh not at all, just those messengers who think they own the roads and are above the law evidently…and the militant cyclists who think they are superior to cars etc….I think Eddie or someone and myself had a to-do one time, and he assumed the same thing.

In fact I was in a bike shop on Tuesday and they gave me a flyer about a movement to close Rock Creek Parkway off to cars 7 days a week instead of just weekends…I told them they're fucking nuts. And after a commute like today, they are!
Celeste
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:31 PM UTC #
Originally posted by mankie:
I would love that lifestyle…it's what I grew up with. I really miss walking the dog to the corner shop in the morning for a paper…and choccie bar of course, and "popping out" to the supermarket to get something for dinner, or nipping out to the pub for an hour in the evening. Just the simple things like that…unfortunately I can't justify paying the same to live in a cardboard box in DC as I did for a nice sized house in the burbs, so a car it is for me..until next year of course.
that's how I feel, too…

so, what's happening next year?
mankie
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 05:43 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Celeste:
that's how I feel, too…

so, what's happening next year?
The summer of 05 we're getting the hell out of Dodge and moving back to Ireland.
Random Citizen
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:17 PM UTC #
Yeah, but even though I live in Takoma Park, it's still a lot more convenient for me to come into DC than over to Bethesda. So the location/metro accessibility wins out. I have a feeling there are a lot of people who will take advantage of that as well.

If they can't survive on their own uniqueness, then the market has spoken. That said, the E Str. theatre is just opening today. Maybe in another 6 months, it will be easier to see which business is affected (if any)…it's rather too soon to speculate.

Originally posted by Dandy01:
2 arthouse movie theaters in the city is completely fine but there are several more right outside its borders, such as the Bethesda Landmark. It was noted that patronage had already dropped 25% after this particular opening, along with other new theater openings in town. But if they can survive on their uniqueness, more power to them. [/QB]
ggw
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:20 PM UTC #
Rhett drives a Saturn.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:25 PM UTC #
1995, bluish-green. An SL-2, not an SL-1. Gotta have that extra power boost.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Rhett drives a Saturn.
ggw
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:31 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
1995, bluish-green. An SL-2, not an SL-1. Gotta have that extra power boost.
And lower fuel-economy – fucking polluter.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:34 PM UTC #
I'm working on being perfect, not nearly there yet.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
1995, bluish-green. An SL-2, not an SL-1. Gotta have that extra power boost.
And lower fuel-economy – fucking polluter.
mankie
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 06:43 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] 1995, bluish-green. An SL-2, not an SL-1. Gotta have that extra power boost.



See, he doesn't drive a car!

All Saturns should be called the SL-O
bags
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 07:19 PM UTC #
So my Escalade might drive right over Rhett's Saturn? That would be ashame. I might scratch my bumper.
twangirl
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 09:45 PM UTC #
so, back on topic, I went to the Landmark E st. last night.It's very comfortable, and much bigger than I had expected. But I can see that parking scenario becoming a real clusterfuck. They only have one exit lane, and it's really slow. Last night was invite-only, with only one film being screened and we still had to wait, with the inevitable jackasses trying to butt in line. On a weekend, with all 8 screens going, even with staggered showtimes getting out of that garage won't be fun. Metro/cab will probably be the most stress-free way to go.
Celeste
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 09:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bags:
So my Escalade might drive right over Rhett's Saturn? That would be ashame. I might scratch my bumper.
Escalade? Tell me you're kidding, please!
bags
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 10:05 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by Bags:
So my Escalade might drive right over Rhett's Saturn? That would be ashame. I might scratch my bumper.
Escalade? Tell me you're kidding, please!
Hmmm, nah, that's one I'd like to leave dangling out there as a mystery… :D
Celeste
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 09, 2004 at 10:08 PM UTC #
oh, you're such an intriguing enigma, bags :roll:
Jaguär
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 10, 2004 at 01:13 AM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Rhett drives a Saturn.
Rhett, do you have rings around your car?
bags
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 10, 2004 at 04:53 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Celeste:
oh, you're such an intriguing enigma, bags :roll:
The point is, what do any of us know about each other at all. We end up thinking we do, but no friggin' way. Actually, I use the Escalade to tow my beemer 'cuz that's a cooler car, but I like to sit up high above traffic and I want to be safe when I run down to the grocer downtown.
Ikarus
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Re: Downtown art movie house! January 10, 2004 at 09:38 AM UTC #
this is reading like a bp advertisement…too funny.
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