Thais bid addio to theater where they fell in love with film

A crowd gathers to take photos of the cinema marquee of the Scala theater during its final movie screening Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Scala theater has shut its doors after 51 years as a shrine for Thai movie-goers.

It was a piquant choice, 1988′s “Cinema Paradiso,” a nostalgic Oscar-winning Italian film about a bygone movie house in a Sicilian village. The Scala’s marquee on opening day in 1969 boasted John Wayne in “The Undefeated.”Scala owner Nanta Tansacha wistfully recalled being enthralled even when the venue was still just a set of blueprints her father showed her.

Nanta said the coronavirus was the tipping point for the Scala, whose lease was up at the end of the year anyway. More than two months of a government-ordered shutdown of entertainment places choked off its already modest cash flow. Movie-goers could meet their friends inside the open-air ground floor, sweep up the curved staircases, and hand over their tickets to neatly uniformed ushers before settling into their seats.Pattarapon Jitbanchong keeps a collection of old Scala tickets framed on her wall at home, and proudly displayed some of them Sunday.

“A lot of people who grew up in Bangkok came to see movies here, so this is a place where there is a lot of collective memory of the people who grew up in Bangkok,” Kong said. “And as a symbol, it’s a place of elegance, it’s a place where cinema is celebrated, whereas in the modern era of multiplexes, cinemas are utilitarian.”“I feel very sad, this is my life. This is my home. This is my house.

R.I.P. Ennio Morricone

That’s very sad. ☹️

Incredible sad times....

Another dagger into the Italians, but thank you for offering the Cinema. ❤️👍

I haven't seen it. Just can't bring myself to do it. Lol

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