Macrolog
Annie Hall in Temple Bar
Last night, at short notice, Dave invited me to go see Annie Hall in Temple Bar.
(Here’s an interactive map of Temple Bar for those unfamiliar with the area. Think Covent Garden, but smaller and slightly less pretentious.)
I wasn’t really in the mood to go out since I had a shitty day at work, but how often do you get to see a movie in the open air? And besides, with all the guys down in a house in Wexford for the week, it was an opportunty to do something cool with a good friend without any conflcts of interest.
We got into town around 10pm or so, weaving through a throng of drunk revellers and Tim Robbins to get to Meeting House Square. Pretty sweet, let me tell you. They had a few hundred seats set out across the square, before a pull-down screen in the wall recess above the Gallery of Photography. I hadn’t noticed it before - not that I really explore Temple Bar that often - but with the screen and the opposite projection windows, the square seems to have been purposefully developed for screening movies. Good work.
It was quite a strange experience, sitting in the open air in the centre of the city. Looking at the screen, and looking up at the sky, at the stars. Would have been romantic even, if I wasn’t there with Dave (sorry man, you’re just not my type).
Before the main attraction they showed a couple of short films, The Milliner (alright, a bit too deliberate maybe), and Give Up Yer Aul Sins, which was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year and deservedly so ‘cause it’s really fucking funny.
Annie Hall was good too. I’d never sat through a whole Woody Allen film before, but even though I was quite tired and the print was kinda crappy I really enjoyed it.
They’ve been hosting a season of outdoor movies there for a number of years now, but for some reason I just hadn’t been that inclined to go. But hey, it’s about time that I start taking advantage of some of the good things this city has to offer, right?
All in all it was a great way to spend a Saturday night without getting pissed or wasting money. I’ll definitely be doing it again next summer.
Sun 18 Aug 2002 at 16:43 ·
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