Drive-In Blues (opening clip)

In 1933, Richard Hollingshead invented the drive-in movie theater, a cinema for Americans infatuated with the automobile. For seventy years, the drive-in has asserted its place in American culture as a mecca for families and restless teenagers. Their popularity peaked in 1957 when 5000 drive-ins illuminated the American landscape. Today, the "passion pit with pix" has become a dinosaur. Drive-In Blues celebrates the drive-in and laments its decline. A blank white screen looms behind interviews with old-time theater owners who reminisce about the heyday of the drive-in and confront the reality of a dying business. Laced with unusual archival trailers, the tone of the film swings between camp and nostalgia.

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[barnstormer4]

Thank you very much for posting this, Ms. Krawitz. Any chance this wonderful documentary of yours is on DVD? Looking forward to hearing from you soon, hopefully.

[jkrawitz1]

@barnstormer4

Thanks for your enthusiasm for Drive-in Blues. I do sell it on DVD for $20 including postage/handling. My website URL is listed at the end of the YouTube clip. You can get more information about how to order on my home page.

Thanks, jan.

[VINOD1619]

may i knw the reason why such a screen are closed fully ??

[Klaatubes]

Thanks so much for posting this Jan. I'm happy to say that I've watched your wonderful documentary over fifty times since it aired on PBS (I taped it on it's second airing) and I now will order your manufactured VHS and I'm very thankful. The history of the American drive-in couldn't be better represented, thank you.

[monkeeman1966]

Hi Jan! What a great show you made. I recorded this on BETA tape years ago. Since then, my friend and I went on Drive-In road-day trips looking for Drive-Ins. Whenever i see one driving across the country, i stop and get the camera out. Check out my page for Drive-In videos.