Welcome to a new and hopefully continuing feature here at Moviegoing with Bill, where each weekday I’ll present a thought or two - usually as questions - that fellow moviegoers are greatly encouraged to converse about. A mini-forum? A virtual soapbox? Let’s see.

The first two Kernels this week can be found here and here.

Dear Moviegoers,

I remember reading somewhere (please help me find the reference) that director Francis Ford Coppola once suggested (or maybe joked) how he wanted to show his Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now on a 24/7 screen in a theater near or at the center of America. Had this happened, of Coppola’s design or not, what an experience it would’ve been.

Theaters have been named for great filmmakers and even owned or operated by them.

So, imagine a movie theater that’s 1) named after and operated by a director you either love or loathe and 2) has some screening or concession gimmick. Who would you pick, what could their venue do to bring in audiences, and where would it be ideally located?

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Sincerely Yours in Moviegoing,

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