I've been going there for years when I come to Avoca and it's always special. Where else can you walk off the beach barefoot and into the movies? Great that it's preserved. Thanks for the tribute, Mike
Your film on this delightful theatre makes us want to go visit the Avoca immediately:)
We wish all involved with it continued success. Best wishes to those who keep independent film venues alive and kicking, and independent film-makers who make the work to show in them.
This is a delightful historical record of great showmanship and a unique cinema experience that is very different from the prevailing impersonal multiplex dreariness. It's a miracle that this cinema has survived, so all congratulations are due to the people who run and keep it alive. All power to them.
How charming! It's lovely to see what life is like in Avoca, which is very far from my part of the globe. And the theatre really is a gem. I'm a bit envious, but also delighted to have participated in your culture down under, if only for a few precious moments.
I posted this again as I still feel the same way, and regard it as most bizarre that anyone should want to have this film removed for reasons of privacy. However, Mike appears to have addressed these now, so hopefully the film will stay up permanently.
Great promotion for a lovely little movie theatre! The British poet Philip Larkin once wrote: "The impulse to preserve lies at the bottom of all art." Like Larkin, you cherish that which has intangible value beyond measure. In a world of economic rationalism where the past gets paved over with parking lots, we need artists to respond to this impulse to preserve and protect places where cultural & community life flourishes. May the Avoca Beach Theatre thrive & continue to delight its patrons!
I saw Ace Ventura Pet Detective for the first time at this cinema way back in 1994... it sucked then, and it still sicks now (the movie that is).
freakystyley4000 11 months ago
I've been going there for years when I come to Avoca and it's always special. Where else can you walk off the beach barefoot and into the movies? Great that it's preserved. Thanks for the tribute, Mike
dustym00 2 years ago
Your film on this delightful theatre makes us want to go visit the Avoca immediately:)
We wish all involved with it continued success. Best wishes to those who keep independent film venues alive and kicking, and independent film-makers who make the work to show in them.
wyllieohagan 2 years ago
A great portrait of a lovely, characterful cinema. Fantastic to see the enthusiasm of the patrons. You don't get that at Hoyts, do you?
dogforahat 2 years ago
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laughingbird100 2 years ago
This is a delightful historical record of great showmanship and a unique cinema experience that is very different from the prevailing impersonal multiplex dreariness. It's a miracle that this cinema has survived, so all congratulations are due to the people who run and keep it alive. All power to them.
laughingbird100 2 years ago
How charming! It's lovely to see what life is like in Avoca, which is very far from my part of the globe. And the theatre really is a gem. I'm a bit envious, but also delighted to have participated in your culture down under, if only for a few precious moments.
ProductionsDLI 2 years ago
Wonderful story on the 50th and 60th party. Let us hope we can meet on site for the 70th and 75th party to celebrate this historic theatre.
terrkillcare 2 years ago
I posted this again as I still feel the same way, and regard it as most bizarre that anyone should want to have this film removed for reasons of privacy. However, Mike appears to have addressed these now, so hopefully the film will stay up permanently.
globaldawning 2 years ago
Great promotion for a lovely little movie theatre! The British poet Philip Larkin once wrote: "The impulse to preserve lies at the bottom of all art." Like Larkin, you cherish that which has intangible value beyond measure. In a world of economic rationalism where the past gets paved over with parking lots, we need artists to respond to this impulse to preserve and protect places where cultural & community life flourishes. May the Avoca Beach Theatre thrive & continue to delight its patrons!
globaldawning 2 years ago
A friend just told me that he could not leave a comment. I wonder if that's true? Mike Rubbo
MikeRubbo 2 years ago
YouTube was kind enough to tell me that have been having technical difficulties with the comments.
I was getting paranoid there for a bit>.
MikeRubbo 2 years ago