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[bryant]

Looks like the Copley Place theater is closing. Can't say I'm surprised, although I'm a little bit sorry. They were a lousy theater but they were also the best bet for second run art flicks in Boston. Not, mind you, that I got down there very often. It's a pity, regardless.

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[telepresence.livejournal.com]

I'm a little surprised that Copley Place can't support a theater. But I agree, I don't get down there very often. I think the last movie I saw down there was...lord, Equilibrium.

[bryant]

I think the top-quality screens at the Boston Common and the Fenway killed it. It had really, really lousy screens. Lemme see... I saw Equilibrium there too -- I think it was the only place that played around here -- and I saw City of God there. And, I mean, if I wanted to see the Woodsman right now, or Sean Penn's The Assassination of Richard Nixon, I'd have to go down there.

But these are not exactly big draws, I must admit.

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

It's not very convenient if you don't have a car, but if you're in one of those situations where you're trying to figure out another option about where to grab a showing of some particular mid sized indie/foreign/art film, keep the Landmark Embassy in Waltham in the back of your mind. Right now they're playing The Woodsman, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, Bad Education, Life Aquatic etc etc.

[bryant]

Useful! I will keep that in mind.

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

That sucks! I just saw Closer there the other day. I went alone, which is smoething I don't do very often, but it was nice and I was going to go again this Weds. Looks like I won't be.

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

I don't know how quickly the closing will take place, do you, Bryant? I'm SO frelling pissed that the closest theatre to my house is going to close. I go there alone a lot, too. I'll miss it, a lot. That's where I saw Amelie (all the times I saw Amelie...)

[bryant]

According to the link... damn. Tomorrow will be the last day.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Must be an Audrey Tatou synchronicity there. I saw Amelie there and I saw A Very Long Engagement there last night.

When I saw the sign saying they were closing, I thought: "Wow, that's a shame." After waiting nearly half an hour to buy tickets (from the concession stand for some reason) and then sitting in a crappy little theater that slants up instead of down, I got over it. AVLE was a good time, though.

[bryant]

Heh. Yeah.

I dunno. Lowes really did a number on movie theaters in Boston. I miss the Nickelodeon. And the Copley is really a big part of what killed the Orson Welles, in Cambridge, since they cut into its art film niche... bah.

Thank god for Landmark Theaters and the Somerville Theater and the Brattle and the Coolidge.

Closing of Copley Place, and Loews Theatres generally

[(Anonymous)]

For much more discussion of the Copley Place, and Loews Theatres history in the Boston area, check out this thread at CinemaTreasures.com:

http://www.cinematreasures.com/theater/9139/ (http://www.cinematreasures.com/theater/9139/)

If you're looking for a good art theatre, don't forget the West Newton Cinema. Unfortunately it isn't at all convenient to public transportation.

-- Ron Newman <rnewman@thecia.net>

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[(Anonymous)]

I left a comment here a week ago, but it never appeared here.

-- Ron Newman <rnewman@thecia.net>

Re: My comment never appeared here...

[bryant]

My bad! I didn't realize I had to unscreen it; I apologize.