By Brandon Martin
At first glance, the Salvage Vanguard Theater looks like it was either once a boutique storage company or Austin's most prestigious clown school. Currently, it serves as a center for the city's artists, audiences and arts organizations, and is the venue for Cinema41. This nonprofit organization screens independent films that have influenced film, but in their own time largely went unseen. July 19's movie, In the Soup, was the series' last screening before a hiatus.
Located on the east side on Manor Road, the theater is almost camouflaged by the residential neighborhood that surrounds it. Only a 10-minute drive from my apartment, it was just a skip away. And I overestimated how long it would take me to get there, so I had lots of time. But you couldn't miss it once you found it. I drove into the gravel parking lot taking my sweet time to park.
At first glance, the Salvage Vanguard Theater looks like it was either once a boutique storage company or Austin's most prestigious clown school. Currently, it serves as a center for the city's artists, audiences and arts organizations, and is the venue for Cinema41. This nonprofit organization screens independent films that have influenced film, but in their own time largely went unseen. July 19's movie, In the Soup, was the series' last screening before a hiatus.
Located on the east side on Manor Road, the theater is almost camouflaged by the residential neighborhood that surrounds it. Only a 10-minute drive from my apartment, it was just a skip away. And I overestimated how long it would take me to get there, so I had lots of time. But you couldn't miss it once you found it. I drove into the gravel parking lot taking my sweet time to park.
- 7/30/2012
- by Contributors
- Slackerwood
By Brandon Martin
The collage of photos of the late Susan Tyrrell (1942-2012) set up on an easel outside the entrance to the theater -- her distinct expression made more potent by a background of clustered house keys -- reminded the Alamo Drafthouse audience that this was more than a regular film screening. The mass of flowers and Tyrrell artifacts surrounding the podium inside made it very clear that this was going to be a fitting memorial for a woman who defied the traditional.
I wasn't familiar with the actress' body of work. I'd never even heard of Fat City before reading about her passing away in Austin last month. Going into the tribute, all I knew about the John Huston-directed film was that Tyrrell played a drunk. This is how a movie viewing should be experienced. You walk into a dark room knowing as little as possible. It's spontaneous,...
The collage of photos of the late Susan Tyrrell (1942-2012) set up on an easel outside the entrance to the theater -- her distinct expression made more potent by a background of clustered house keys -- reminded the Alamo Drafthouse audience that this was more than a regular film screening. The mass of flowers and Tyrrell artifacts surrounding the podium inside made it very clear that this was going to be a fitting memorial for a woman who defied the traditional.
I wasn't familiar with the actress' body of work. I'd never even heard of Fat City before reading about her passing away in Austin last month. Going into the tribute, all I knew about the John Huston-directed film was that Tyrrell played a drunk. This is how a movie viewing should be experienced. You walk into a dark room knowing as little as possible. It's spontaneous,...
- 7/17/2012
- by Contributors
- Slackerwood
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