It was a Thursday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and your movie choices are limited, but features two classic films. You can go see American Graffiti at the Martin or you can go see a couple of horror films at the Marbro Drive-In. It was the 2nd big week for American Graffiti and while I didn't see the movie at the theatre I have seen it many times on television and own a DVD of this great film. It would play at the Martin for 3 weeks until being replaced by Billy Jack. I know it's a heresy, but I think American Graffiti is George Lucas's best movie. There was already nostalgia for the late Fifties and early Sixties in pop culture, but American Graffiti was the best exemplar and it really caught the nostalgia zeitgeist the best. I love the way the story floats from character to character (and what a cast!) as they each have their own adventures in the night until coming together in the final moments. It caught the feel of an aimless night of teenage pursuits that later become the stuff of legend.
Marbro Drive-In invites you to an orgy of the living dead with Crypt Of The Living Dead and Night Of The Living Dead. I've never seen the Spanish film Crypt Of The Living Dead aka Hannah, Queen Of The Vampires (original title La tumba de la Isla maldita), but the movie poster promises "The Undead Dies...Again, Again, Again, Again, and Again!" Night Of The Living Dead has gone on to be considered a classic of not only the horror genre, but of film in general. It's a must see if you are one of the few people that has not seen it. The copyright for Night Of The Living Dead was not locked in and the film was in the public domain for many years. It may still be. I have the Criterion Blu-ray of it. The movie was directed by George Romero and it set the modern template of all of the zombie movies and television shows people now enjoy.
That's all for this week. Be back next week to see what was playing on February 14th in Murfreesboro in some totally random year.
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