The Final Theater Memorial

This episode of the Truth includes strong language Truth It came out of the midnight streening, right? what do you think of a picture? The movie I just saw was called Accult is My passassport from nineteen sixty seven I loved it. It was poetic, it was brutal, it was stylish. The midnight screening at cinema Vere. Every Saturday at midnight, we screen a surprise film of my choice. You only find out what you paid the ticket price for when the lights go down and the credits start rolling. Just go gofotherered. We just watched a documentary by Orson Wells called F for Fake Nights of Kavveria. Oh, and did I mention it's only five dollars? Midnights screening's appointment viewing for me. So come on down a cinema Vvertee. sixteen twenty four fllat Push Avenue right next to the Tam moobile store Okay Halloween, nineteen eighty nine Happy Halloween, boys and gouls! It's your spooky host, Booy Louis. Jesus Christ, d, how many of these did we really need to make? Whose are out tonight? What should I say Wh man Come on down to Cinema Vvere sixteen twenty four Flat Bush Avenue right next to Papa zicki's pizza Okay, this tape is unmarked. Ky, birthday girl is up. So what do you want for breakfast this morning? Chocate banday! Speaking of the devil, here's mom with chocolate H! Merry Christmas! We'll be playing all your favorite hy c You had to tape over mom. Okay Nothing that says family vacation, but thousands of tapes that say November or Animal atttack Marathon, or Jack the Ripper Week, volume two of four. Great. So glad we had that on the schedule What fuck am I gonna say at this memorial? Me and Bill? Who's Bill Hi, I'm Luis Greenblatt and I'm Bill Ferzetti and we are the filmmaker Bill Ferzetti,ly known as Greenlat and Frazetti. Fzetti, That's right. My dad made movies with him. Fletcher's commute story of a dominous luck college student trying to get from point A to point B, but is blocked by increasingly ridiculous obstacles. Wow. clip from our sort. Bill Ferzetti won an Oscar For bestort the Student Academy Awards of nineteen seventy four. We're making this tape to pitch potential investors to help bring the full story of Fletcher's Cute to life. Will you be the lucky one to make our dreams come true? Hi, u I'm I'm wondering if I could speak to Bill Ferzetti Speaking I'm Louis Greenlatt's daughter and I was hoping you could tell me about my dad Well, do we really know our parents You know, we grow up with one version of them, but theirir friends might remember someone completely different And you never know how much time you're going to get to spend with them And after they're gone Sometimes all we have left are stories This is The truth, I'm Jonathan Mitchell, and this story is about a daughter trying to piece together who her father really was The truth is listeners supported And if you'd like to help keep this strange little theater of ours open You can get ad free episodes along with bonus interviews the Truth podcast d. supportpportingcast. fm There's also a link in the show notes The summer months are starting, the weather is changing And so are my clothes. 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They might just be the shortcut to your summer goals Shop the shhaken Out shorts now at Lulaleemmon. com And now back to midnight screening So I'm making this montage for my father's memorial It's going to be a bunch of the promos that he made for the theater and then We're going to screen Fletch' commute And I was wondering if you would stay for a talk back Yeah, of course, I'm honored you to ask You know, your dad wrote the featuure version of Fletcher's Cute in like two days. No way reallyally? Yeah, he locked himself in his room. He said, I'm gonna write the perfect movie for us to direct. We even have business cars made with our dual moniker. Really? you guys had a name? Yeah, you know how Powell and Pressberger were called the Archers? Of course Well, Green Blap and Frazetti were called the Anbo B brothers. Wow. That is a terrible name. Yeah, well. now you know why we didn't take off. I just want you to know how much I love your family and I'm there for you., you know, me and your parents were like the three musketeers back at MYU. Oh, really? Yeah. Remind me to tell you about mister Grumbble. mister Grumbble tell you right now. We had this film professor, Wilson Rrumbel, He used to be a film critic for the Times. You could look him up. He had a big white handlebar mustache. She spoke in, a very pronounced Rooseveltian accent. Your dad called him the mononopoly man were the themes of the Virgin Spring Do not p slow stories about my mom? Absolutely. I've gott to go right now, but we'll talk more soon in next few days, all right? Sure. Of course, I would really love that. Thank you so much, Bill. Bye. Cinema Vere has been a family owned business since nineteen seventy nine. I want the whole family to be able to come and enjoy a day at the movies, so this Mother's Day, stop by and give mom the gift of movies This weekend we're showing crossing Delancy. Death becomes her. dirty dancing, desperately seeking Susan. When Harry met Sally and Ghost, kids get in half price and mom gets in for free All right, so who do I talk to? You with a camera. You can just talk to me, Antreina. It's like a normal conversation. You can just relax. Yeah. All right. You don't have to lean forward in your chair when you talk to me, just sit back a bit. Okay. Relax. I'm just gonna ask you a few questions about thatath. What is this for again? The memorial I'm making a montage to show at the Memorial. Oh Well, I don't know how much I can really tell you. I mean, your dad had his life and I had mine. Well What was your life like when you were growing up hard Okay. And what did your parents do for a living? Dad ran a train of grocery stores Mom was a nurse, but she died when I was fifteen Lewis was already in college by then. That wass really young. That must have been hard. It must have bonded you two in some way. Not really Do you Have any favorite memories of what your mom was like when you were a kid? Well One time, she took us out of school and drove us to Toronto for a week Out of the blue. Yeah, but then we got stuck there because we ran out of money. She had to call dad to pick us up. She was always doing stuff like that I think mananic Depressive, they called it back then. Really? Yeah Then she was in bed for three months after that. must been hard Did you feel like it rought you together or maybe bonded you in any kind of way? I don't know, maybe. I'm not a mind reader We never really talked about it before. She didn't want to talk about us ings Earthlings. I am Lutron five of Dimension X. I have taken over the programming of cinema Verite. T God, there's an entire set Wait, what's that Okay, it's july fourth, two thousand and we just came out from seeing Ys! And what did we think? It was so cool. so scary. What was your favorite part? Oh, when the shark popped out of the water. Okay, that's an intense moment. What was your favorite part, Dad? Watching your reactions? That doesn't count. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Okay, mom, how about you? Sy Dad We keep watching you get scared of the stark. I was not scared. Hello? Hi, Hannah, Bill Frizetti. Oh, hi, Bill. I was actually just about to call you. Thank you so much for emailing me that photo of my parents. know that's me with your mom and dad at nineteen seventy four. We had screened a short film which later became Fletcher's Cute at a restaurant in Chinatown. No way. G. All these memories just keep floodating back to me now. I want to share everything I can find with you I really appreciate that Bough. I'll tell you a story I think you'll like. We screened this short film, right? And we were told that an agent at William Morris was going to be there. Y dad and I get all excited. He says, this is our big break. We got to get Texas. So I beg my dad for enough money to rent Texas for the both of us. We introduced the film. We screened it at four PM on a Wednesday and people are just trying to eat their dim sug. They're like, what the hell is going on around here? So the movie ends, Wh shows up this eighteen year old assistant to some agent at William Morris. No, stop. I a guy. He couldn't connect us with an agent. He couldn't even order a drink at the ball And then what did my dad say? He looked at that in the face. He said, this talx is older than you. Yeah, That's my dad. Yeah, that's back when your parents were first dating I think your dad wanted to impress you. so he was really upset. You have no idea what this means to me. For a really long time, I thought my dad's whole life didn't extend past this theater. You know, it's so strange Hearing your voice. You sound a lot like My mom, yeah, people say that a lot actually. No, I was gonna say Louis I mean, like your mom, sure, but there's something in your voice Yeah is just bringing up a lot of nice memories. All right, look, I've gott to go now, but we will talk more this week. I'm looking forward to meeting you and I thank you for the flight arrangements, by the way. Oh, of course. it was my pleasure and have a safe flight Bill. I really can't wait to meet you. Well byye bye film clubs, Sundays, cartoon, cinema movies every night of the week. Check the calendar for details Okay Jimmy Stewart in Westerns How your Bartner Jim is to have made five Westerns with Anntony and Matt Something's taped over this one. Okay, happy birthday dad. Wh Wh you come here We'll continue in just a moment To hear all of our stories, add free Go to the trruth podcast thats supportingcast. f Study and play! Come together on a Windows eleven PC. And for a limited time, college students get the best of both worlds. Get the unreal college deal, everything you need to study and play with select Windows eleven PC's. 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Len more on the Uber app And now back to Midnight screening Tima Verte has been serving classic movies to Brooklyn since nineteen seventy nine But sadly, our runtime has come to an end Our last midnight screening is this Saturday, may fifth My father started this theater for one reason He loved movies The midnight screening was our flagship show, so this final screening will be dedicated to him. We will be joined by Academy awward winning filmmaker and my dad's old college roommate, Bill Feretti So come on down to Cinema Vverite, sixteen twenty four Flatbush Avenue, right next to El Camino Tacos If it was for anyone else I wouldn't be here. I'd be at home falling asleep to land man. Thanks, Areina. I'll see you in there in just a second. Could to callull a lift for me afterwards, there's something wrong with my call. Of course, I'll take care of it. Excuse me Hello? Hi, Hannah. Yes. Phill. I'm inside the lobby in case you're looking for me. I'm next to concessions. How is your flight? ye, I'm so sorry omet came up here in Los Angeles. I had to cancel the flight you book. I mean thank you so much for the generosity and I'll make sure you're fully reimbursed as quickly as I can. What happened? It's nothing serious. I'm producing this limited series for Netflix based on a movie I eight in the nineties Crooked Sidewalks, You ever see it Yeah. Yeah, it's a fun one Anyway, one of the lead actors has to be replaced and it's an all hands on deck damage control thing, a complete nightmare. I'm really sorry. thatound sounds like a nightmare. I just wanted to give you my condolences Your dad was really quite the character when we were in college. Rind me to tell you about mister Grumball. I think you told me the Monopoly man, right? Yeah. But your dad did a spot on impression of him. That it was hilarious. I gotta go, but my thoughts are with you and your family. Next time I'm in New York, we should meet and get coffee or something, huh Yeah, looking forward to it. Thank you, Bill Hello everyone. I'm Hannah Green Blatt Louis Greenblatt was my father. He started this theater in nineteen seventy nine When he took all the money, he saved editing wedding videos and bought a rundown bakery He turned it into a place where the community could watch all the movies that he loved And he loved this place, more than words can describe. and he put his Heart and soul to it Tonight we were going to have a special guest, but unfortunately, he had to cancel And I know that you all expected him to be here and I don't know what to say. I really wish I had more to say about my father, but I just have this movie theater You still is screening, right Yes, the feature presentation will still be screened as planned. Sry, sorry, everyone. Sorry. I usually an introvert. I don't really do this very often Oh thank you. I just wanted to say that this I started coming to this theater when I was in high school. I was not a very confident kid. talalking about movies helped me find my voice, and I just wanted to say I really love this place. No, than you so much for that. My dad would have actually really appreciated that. U Oh, Yes, ma'am. Would you like to say something Hi Hi, yees. since that guy shared something, I just wanted to say my late husband and I used to come to the midnight screening all the time That's really sweet. Thank you for sharing that. Do you have any favorite screenings you remember seeing? Yeah, actually we once saw an entire evening of Buster Keaton films. Our favorite was the one with the train. The General. I really love that one too. One time my dad took me to see the mask and he went on and on about how Jim Carerey was carrying on the tradition of physical comedy. He's Buster Keaton. He's Charlie Chaplin. That guy is gonna do great things And What about you, sir? Could someone pass down the mic a few seats We could do this all night if you want, folks Every year you guys would do a week of William Castle horror movies leading up to Halloween. and your dad dressed up like a doctor warning customers to enter at their own risk. He even printed out waivers to signs saying the theater was not responsible for any distress you could suffer Thank you. Yes, you sir I remember coming in here for the first time because I got caught in the rain. and it was when they were doing a Kurosawa marathon and I had never seen a single Kurosawa film before. and now he's like my favorite filmmaker of all time. And I'm not somebody who considers himself a cineophile. Yeah, I'm sure he'd really love to hear that Phantom of the Paradise. Dood knight of the hunter. These sho horses, don't they? Panice. I've got something I'd like to share. Could you pass the mic down, please Thank you Hi folks. I'm Rina. U Lewis was my older brother I remember on my sixteenth birthday, he came down from NYU to Coney Island where we grew up Our mother had died the year earlier. It was a Saturday night and on Saturday nights The three of us would go to the movies and then get a hot dog at Nathan's. Of course, he wanted to show me this movie.. What was the name of it? It was some Italian movie Do you w to just describe it? It's the one where the Swedish lady lives on a volcano. Dromboli. Dromboli. That's it. Thank you. Lewis knew I loveved that Swedish lady. Ingrid Bergman. Okay, yes. I get it. you're all very cultured Anyway, I lo her in that movie where the murderer iss on the train. Murereress. All right, Okay, you know what? I knew that one actually Anyway, I wasn't interested in seeing some old black and white Italian film about some chick living on a volcano and being sad He said, lookook, just go with me. If you're really bored will leave, I've seen it before So we go We sit down and I'm bored instantly Oh, just get over yourselves So I nudge Lewis. I whisper, Hey, can we go And then I see He's crying So I look up to see what he's crying about And there's this scene in the movie where these fishermen Puling these big tuna onto their boats and it's very disturbing They're jamming hooks into the fish and the fish are struggling Ugh They don't cut away. It's like a ten minute scene I look around and I see other people in the audience and they're squirming in their seats while watching it And you know what I start crying to When the movie was over, he just said I'm glad we can still do this together Then we got hot dogs Thank you But and You know I used to really hate this place I used to think that my dad just wasted his entire life here instead of I don't know, being with his family But now I realized that he in this theater We' one and the same And maybe sometimes you've got to take the people you love Exactly as they are And I love movies because of my dad. and Sounds like everyone in this room does too So thank you all And Without further ado, in the true spirit of the midnight screening I present to you our feature presentation. Hello and welcome to Cinema Veritee. The movie you have purchased a ticket for is about to start Please refrain from talking during the picture as you might disturb the other patrons. 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