Lots of good info, Kirby! I think that it is really good that these don't look like traditional movie posters, whether or not you like the "look" of them, because what would be the point if they looked pretty much the same?
I understand the "Franklin Mint" comparision, and the makers of these will completely ruin them if they make too many and the supply exceeds the demand, as with the Franklin Mint "insta-collectibles". Kirby, I love theaters like you describe, and it is worth a premium to me to be in a better setting to see a good movie (when the MGM Grand first opened in Las Vegas, it had two-people couches, and even cocktail waitresses!). I wonder how the economic downturn is affecting these theaters? Bruce On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > There may be no need for the quotation marks around that word COLLECTIBLES. > I think there is a growing interest in these. MovieArt is beginning to > carry them. I'm glad Bruce is auctioning this. > I just upped the bid for fun. I'm curious as to the result. > > Incidentally, there are two Alamo Drafthouse chains, so it's kind of > confusing. The really innovative "dinner-movie" theaters > opened by Tim and Carrie League include Village Alamo Drafthouse, the Alamo > Drafthouse South and the newest, the old > Ritz, a b-western theater on 6th Street in Downtown Austin. The Ritz was > completely refurbished. There is also a spin-off > chain of Drafthouses in San Antonio, Houston etc which resulted from an > abortive franchise move. > > The Leagues, more than anyone I know, have succeeded in putting Show > Business back into the movie-going experience. > They're very attuned to good projection, good sound etc. > > Some folks don't like the waiters and the food service "disrupting" the > film, but going to a late weeknight screening can > minimize that. > > I do think that seeing a very serious film there is not quite the same as > seeing a good comedy. > > I once went to a film at the Alamo Village and there was a couple there > buying a ticket for PASSION OF THE CHRIST. The girl said "You get the > tickets > and I'll buy the food." !! I could not fancy chewing my way through a > pizza while the Son of God was flogged and crucified by Mel Gibson for two > hours. You > need TUMS for that. > > They get ALL of the good films here and compete vigorously against > Cinemark, AMC and Regal. Very, very successful. > > Kirby McDaniel > MovieArt Original Film Posters > P.O. Box 4419 > Austin TX 78765 > 512 479 6680 > [email protected] > mobile 512 589 5112 > > > > On Jun 6, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Dave Rosen wrote: > > Some are quite good, most are not terribly interesting and the whole > enterprise has the whiff of The Franklin Mint about it; ie, instant > "collectibles" created expressly for the collector market. > > But to each his (or her) own... > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:24 AM > *Subject:* [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR > opinion of these posters? > > After auctioning around 400,000 items, we finally are auctioning our very > first Alamo Drafthouse poster! For those of you who don't know, the Alamo > Drafthouse is a restaurant/theater located in Austin, Texas. They create > their own posters for showings of movies. The posters are produced in > limited numbers and are known for their different, really cool artwork. > > The one we are currently auctioning is from Hell Ride, the 2008 Larry > Bishop motorcycle biker gang action adventure thriller (executive produced > by Quentin Tarantino) starring Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, Eric Balefour, > Vinnie Jones, Leonor Varela, David Carradine, and Dennis Hopper. It features > Tyler Stout art. > > The item can be viewed at > http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1433530 > > It will be interesting to see what it sells for. These ARE from actual > showings of the movie, so it seems they absolutely ARE "movie posters", but > some might argue with that! What is YOUR opinion of these posters? > > Bruce > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
