re: independent films

[Briana LeClaire <mmsmom1@yahoo.com>]

Hi Scott --

I think I personally would have nothing to do with it because I'm not
in the market for a building right now.  What I'm saying is
individuals can choose  for themselves, as they did when the building
was a church and then when it became the Micro.  When Kenton starts
talking about the city or a non-profit owning the place in reverent
(get it?) tones, I get nervous.

The Micro was a successful for-profit (right?) business for many
years.  For some reason, people started choosing to spend their
entertainment dollars elsewhere.  Maybe they all bought DVD players. 
Maybe they drive to Spokane to shop Nordstroms for the day.  I'm just
guessing, but I think the closing of the Micro has a lot to do with
the greater affluence of today's college student.  Back when I was at
the UI (get out the rocker, Grandpa) $1.50 for a ticket was a good
entertainment value.  It was a big deal to go rent a VCR and show a
movie on the hall's television, or in someone's room.  I bet VCRs and
TVs are common in students' rooms nowadays. 

Yes, an art movie house would be nice and would add to the quality of
life in Moscow.  But I thoroughly reject the idea that I should
subsidize movies either directly or through some kind of tax break for
a non-profit, especially since I already do (movies at Borah theater.)

Yours, Briana

p.s. sorry if everyone's getting tired of seeing my name before the
subject line.  But I'd give you a break if there weren't so much to
deal with!  :~) B.

Scott Dredge <Scott_Dredge@baynetworks.com> wrote:
>
> Briana,
> 
> Would your proposal be for a Christian type church?  Or could this
> potential place of worship be for any other non-Christian religious
group
> (for example Hindu or Muslim)?
> 
> Just curious,
> 
> -SD ;-)
> 
> At 08:21 PM 11/12/98 -0800, Briana LeClaire wrote:
> >I think the building ought to become a church again.
> >
> >Briana
> >
> >Kenton Bird <KBird@vines.ColoState.EDU> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, folks,
> >> I've been lurking on the list the past few weeks after my
> >late-October visit 
> >> to Moscow reminded me of how much I missed the place.
> >> 
> >> John Francis' posting about independent films at the SUB reminded
me
> >of my 
> >> viewing before Halloween of the classic silent film "Nosferatu" at
> >the Rialto 
> >> theatre in Loveland (12 miles south of Fort Collins).  It was my
> >first visit 
> >> to the Rialto, which is owned by the city and was beautifully
> >restored several 
> >> years ago to its original art-deco splendor.  It's used for several
> >film 
> >> series, as well as live entertainment (Emmylou Harris played there
> >last 
> >> summer).
> >> 
> >> Has anyone explored the possibility of the city and/or a non-profit
> >film 
> >> society taking over the Micro, for films and/or performance space? 
> >During my 
> >> time in Moscow, I often thought about making a contribution to keep
> >the Micro 
> >> afloat or paying annual dues to receive the schedule.  Did Bob Suto
> >pursue any 
> >> alternatives to a commercial business?
> >> 
> >> And has anyone heard any more about Carmike building a 12-screen
> >complex in 
> >> Pullman and closing the Kenworthy and Nuart?   That would be a
great
> >loss to 
> >> downtown Moscow, not to mention a great contributor to traffic
> >congestion on 
> >> the M-P highway.   Perhaps someone should approach the Kenworthy
> >family (which 
> >> owns the buildings) about the possibility of donating one of the
> >theatres to 
> >> the city or a non-profit group if Carmike follows through on this
> >idea.
> >> 
> >> Fort Collins' last downtown cinema closed several years ago, before
> >I moved 
> >> here.  There are two four-screen  movie houses and one 10-screen
> >multi-plex, 
> >> two to five miles from my home.   I realize now how lucky Moscow
and
> >Pullman 
> >> are to have downtown theatres within walking and/or biking distance
> >of nearly 
> >> everyone in town.  I hope you can preserve and nurture that asset.
> >> 
> >> --Kenton
> >> 
> >> 
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