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      Drive-in Movie Memories

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      Film Threat Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 9, 2006 Full Review Jean Oppenheimer New Times The film would have been far more enjoyable had director-editor Kurt Kuenne lingered longer on the terrific images collected by producers Don and Susan Sanders. Aug 29, 2002 Full Review Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews So much fun, it's almost dangerous. Informative and fascinating, the documentary has so many big laughs that you can make yourself sick guffawing. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 28, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member An excellent and comprehensive history of the drive-in. Clearly lots of research went into it, and it includes many interviews with outdoor-screen luminaries. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member http://www.clevelandmovieblog.com/2012/03/drive-in-movie-memories-march-24th-and.html Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Kurt Kuenne was the featured director at the 2012 Cleveland International Film Festival. This doc runs a little less than an hour and was screened with a handful of Kuenne's fictional short works. I was really interested in the topic, but was disappointed in the way it was shot and edited. I ended up liking a couple of his shorts better. There are still a couple drive-in theatres operating in northeast Ohio and the Aut-O-Rama, which I have been to a few times, has a short ad that runs as you arrive. It explains nearly as much about the decline of drive-in movie theatres as this doc does and describes how buying from their concessions (at really reasonable prices), instead of sneaking food in, is important for keeping them in business. The ad does this in a much shorter time and with just as much nostalgia. Besides giving a basic history of outdoor movie theaters, this doc is presented as a memory scrapbook. The talking heads throughout are either redundant, hard to understand, or a little embarrassing. The narrative thread could have been more clear. Interview clips could have been shorter. And with a documentary on this topic, it really didn't make sense for a shaky cam effect to be applied when looking at still images. Kuenne tries to suggest the rumble of vehicles entering a drive-in or war interrupting normal life, however you can't see a still image clearly if it is not still. There were many sound effect and audio issues too. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic documentary about how drive-in movies got started, changes that were made to them over the years, the decline in the early 90s, and recent resurgance. Will bring back memories to anyone who has ever been to a drive in movie. Those like me who were not around during the early days of the drive-ins will learn lots of interesting facts. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Kurt Kuenne