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Do you have a favorite outdoor movie venue or experience?
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ANTIDOTE, the independent coffee and wine shop in the Heights, is my favorite outdoor movie-watching space in Houston. Screenings are the first Monday of the month, weather permitting.
I lucked into my first film experience there. It was SABRINA, screened on Valentine's Day.
To find out more about Antidote, go to the myspace page below. When you visit ANTIDOTE for the first time, write down the address -- there's no exterior signage:
http://www.myspace.com/antidotecoffee
8/14/07
Wendy
San Francisco, CA
My first night at Delores Park Movie Night in San Francisco was great. They showed Breaking Away, which was perfect for audience participation. Everyone rooted for the kids from the wrong side of the tracks. There was live acoustic music, it was cold and foggy and the crowd was small and intimate. We got to know our neighbors while they fiddled with the screen, working out the kinks. We made friends with a woman who sat in front of us who had come with her dog. Everyone bundled up in blankets and sweaters, and we shared food and drink.
A month later I tried to go again, and the crowd was far too huge for the screen and the park. It had gotten featured on yelp, and there were massive lines for the bathroom, and garbage spilling over everywhere. I left after half an hour. It really shows the need for more outdoor community events like this. There's nothing like getting together with all kinds of people in your neighborhood. Every park should have a movie night!
8/10/07
Chris Braun
Chicago, IL
Five or six years ago during the "Around the Coyote Festival" a group of friends and I dragged my 25 inch behemoth TV a couple of blocks down the street and set it up underneath a building that was under construction and still did not have windows installed. We put it on crates and hooked up the VCR and dragged people in from the street to watch my friends 12 minute movie called "Worst Date." It is a short comedy he had been trying to get some attention to. With all the traffic of the festival, it was easy to get people to step inside just off the sidewalk out of the light of the street lights to watch this short flick. We even served popcorn and people would just stand there and watch and laugh. Some hung around for additional showings. We must've run it a dozen times that evening and figured somewhere between 50 and 75 people actually saw it that evening. It was a completely spontaneous idea thought up just hours before and an awesomely fun time for all. Gorilla film showing at it's best.
8/10/07
Jonny Archer
San Francisco, CA
There's the Summer Outdoor Film Festival here during the summer months -- they play in Dolores Park, Washington Sq Park, and Union Square, and in various other locations. Highlight of last year was watching Young Frankenstein in Dolores Park!
8/6/07
C. Robin
San Francisco
I remember when I was in high school, there was a drive-in movie theater
near my house in Los Angeles -- in the city -- called the Gilmore. My
boyfriend and I went in his Rambler to the back, behind the parking
lot, where we watched movies without sound. One time, when Shaft was on the
double bill, we actually went and paid our way in. That was the one and only
time I went to a drive-in, and it was great.
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