Going to your modern multiplex cinemas is a basically soulless experience. Sure, there’s exceptions and some very good multiplex cinemas out there, but on the whole it’s seeing films in a warehouse with people who might behave, or might talk loudly while playing on their phones.
But cinemas weren’t always like this. We used to go to amazing buildings that were a century old and it was often thrilling, especially when you were younger and of an age when going to the cinema was like going to the theatre for the working class. Those days can now be relived, after a fashion, thanks to this wonderful YouTube channel that recreates as much as it’s possible the trailers, adverts and sometimes the short films we’d get before the main feature.
Here’s Predator.
And here’s Superman II.
Moonraker.
There’s plenty more but each one is a joy, even if you can’t smell the smell of beer-stained carpets, nicotine-stained walls and the sweet smell of Butterkist popcorn. The sound of the Pearl and Dean music, or the extravagant, but now unsettling ads for tobacco and of course, the excitement of seeing a trailer for a film you knew nothing about. Back in the days before the internet this was the only way most people would find out about a forthcoming film.
So check the channel out and just wallow in that sweet nostalgia.
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