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The Castro, New Mission, Grand View, Fox, Four Star…names which conjure the rich history of San Francisco movie theatres and at the same contemporary discussions around the future of single screen theatres and the role of film houses in a city’s social fabric.
This fall features the long-awaited publishing of R.A. McBride’s Left in the Dark, a lush, 168-page book of photography and accompanying essays, edited by Julie Lindow, which documents this storied, vibrant and changing history. An examination of movie-going and exhibition, architecture, public space and community, Left in the Dark features 59 of McBride’s full-color photographs, as well as eleven essays, from writers such as Rebecca Solnit, Eddie Muller and Melinda Stone.
As a sneak preview of the book, included here are three of McBride’s photographs and an excerpt from my essay, “Beyond Kearny And Grant: The Chinatown Theatres,” which chronicles the fantastic...
The Castro, New Mission, Grand View, Fox, Four Star…names which conjure the rich history of San Francisco movie theatres and at the same contemporary discussions around the future of single screen theatres and the role of film houses in a city’s social fabric.
This fall features the long-awaited publishing of R.A. McBride’s Left in the Dark, a lush, 168-page book of photography and accompanying essays, edited by Julie Lindow, which documents this storied, vibrant and changing history. An examination of movie-going and exhibition, architecture, public space and community, Left in the Dark features 59 of McBride’s full-color photographs, as well as eleven essays, from writers such as Rebecca Solnit, Eddie Muller and Melinda Stone.
As a sneak preview of the book, included here are three of McBride’s photographs and an excerpt from my essay, “Beyond Kearny And Grant: The Chinatown Theatres,” which chronicles the fantastic...
- 10/7/2010
- MUBI
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