Interview 3: Virgil Cardamone - Mahoning Drive-in partner, film booker, curator & publicity director
Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons por Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan
Notas del episodio
In this special interview episode, Mike took a journey to one of his favorite places on Earth: Lehighton, Pennsylvania, home to the much-loved Mahoning Drive-in Theatre. This last-of-its-kind, old-school site is one of the only places in the United States where you can sit under the stars, munch on a bucket of popcorn and watch 35mm prints of classic films from decade's past on a huge screen. Virgil Cardamone, the drive-in's film booker, curator and publicity director, is among a handful of employees at this blast-from-the-past, and in a soulful, wide-ranging interview with Mike, he explains the Mahoning's history, it's deep commitment to community, the reason for its dedication to 35mm in an age of all-digital projection and some of the challenges the drive-in has faced in recent years; most notably the loss of master projectionist Jeff Mattox b ...