Wow, four movies in three days! Must... get... rest...
This was an unusual show that combines a 1924 silent movie with a local rock band for music, Calm Blue Sea. The music sounded great... this is a great auditorium to listen at high volume levels.
The movie, presented in 1:1.33 was not as crisp as the music; it looked like it was on video, or had videotape-like artifacting. I suppose it is too much to ask for a decent film print. (The only copy of Metropolis I've ever seen was also pretty crappy quality... maybe they're hard to come by)
The band had given the Alamo management a supply of earplugs! To give out to customers who asked for them. Seeing that my wife and I were in row two, and the band about 20 feet away from our noses, I dutifully went down to the box office to get some. To my disappointment, the guys in front of me took the last of the earplugs, and I returned to my seat empty-handed. I did mention it to the waitperson though. The music started, and to our horror it was really loud. Fortunately, our Alamo waitstaff came through for us and brought some extra earplugs about 25 minutes into the movie. Nice!
I would say this specific room is the Alamo Drafthouse company's primo auditorium. In addition to its Downtown Austin location, and its elegantly-decorated foyer, stadium seating, sound system and overall dimensions, it beats out the Alamo South Lamar, which was previously the state-of-the-Alamo-art.
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