Vimeo Find of the Month - July (Please Open Documentary)

  I haven't done one of these in a while, as I've been rather busy working on projects, the website and the like, but it's time yet again for another... Vimeo Find of the Month!

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  This short documentary is actually about a movie cinema I spent many a Friday and Saturday night at in the late 80's and early 90's. On many occasion I was sadly the only person in the entire cinema.
  I was a bit of a loner around that time so I went to anything that was playing, no matter how bad! It was my way of supporting the owners at the time and a chance to get out of the house (before my rebellious latter teen years ensued).
  Some of the films I remember seeing there were Overboard, Housesitter, Wayne's World and Shadowlands.

Auckland's Crystal Palace

 I've always had a passion for the grandeur of classic cinema and theater design (many now of the past as more and more are demolished or left to age disgracefully), the mystique and majesty of the adornments were so intricate and engrossing you could stare in wonder for hours.... Then the lights went out and the movie began.

Auckland's St. James

Auckland's Civic

 If you can find it, Wayne Brittenden's now out of print The Celluloid Circus is a wonderful account of many of the now long gone cinemas and "picture houses".