thoughts on the Dobie Theatre

[Puffer]

I haven't been there in a while, but might go see Pans Labyrinth there tonight. I know it has a smaller screen and seating area, but can't remember how small. If people are sitting in front of you, is it hard to see? How is the sound?

 

[DeadHeadHorn]

I don't really recall obstructed views, and the sound is fine. It's not a world-class theatre, but they play really good movies. It's good to support Landmark Theatres, as they're one of the few theatre chains that supports independent film.

 

[TxStHorn]

It's not the Alamo, but I like it.

And it's been there so long, I feel like I need to support the place, before it goes away like so many other Austin institutions....

 

[ScoPro]

I remember when that place was a parking lot. It's where a few of us crouched behind some cars to watch Charles Whitman shoot up the campus in '66.

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Sco, my MIL was supposed to go down to the pharmacy on the Drag to get a scrip filled that day; something came up & it turns out she may have had bad consequences had she gone downtown (they lived in Oak Hill @ the time & it was around a 20 minute trip due to lights & bad roads)...

 

[evil horn]

I must have seen 'Blue Velvet' there five times.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I remember one day in college getting wasted drinking pitchers with some buddies next door to the theater at a place called Togo's (which I think is now Schlotsky's). Dobie was showing some cheesey 70s porno flick in 3-D so we all had to go check it out. Yeah, it wasn't as good as you might think.

 

[TxStHorn]

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