This is the kind of theater in which classic films are meant to be seen. And that's what I did today.
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Yesterday, MWL called me to let me know that she was feeling under the weather and wouldn't be able to get together. Later on, she noted that a local theater was starting to show films again, and had a showing of Frankenstein scheduled for 1 pm. So, I marked this in my calendar, and made sure that I'd be able to get there on time.
Unfortunately, I didn't get much sleep the night before, and I awakened with a desperate need for coffee to stay awake. Even though I left the house a little later than expected, stopping at a Mickey D's for lunch, I was able to get to MWL's on time. So we moseyed over to the theater and I took a few photos of the place.
The Lafayette theater in Suffern is a classic, and I hope its phased in reopening works as planned. So far, they are showing only old films on weekends, probably making merely enough money to rent the film (there were 40-50 people in the audience) and show it to a paying audience. ($6/pp doesn't go very far, save when showing OLD films.) Sooner or later, they will have to bite the bullet and show modern films, or find a sponsor to keep this theater alive. I hope they can do so without ruining the atmosphere of the place.
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There's not much to say about the rest of the day. More tomorrow....
