tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post187045844699826948..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: Stories Amazing and Wonderful and Some of Them Are TrueChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-392144491841854612012-04-17T06:33:25.353-07:002012-04-17T06:33:25.353-07:00I hadn't seen the inside of the KiMo before th...I hadn't seen the inside of the KiMo before this event, though I've been in many other movie palaces. This place is not like most of them at all, and from what I can tell, it served as a community center as much as a movie (and vaudeville) site all through the '30's. <br /><br />It still does.<br /><br />It reminds me most of some small neighborhood theaters from the era, though it is dolled up with some pretty spectacular art -- the murals are wonderful, and the decor is... well, unique!<br /><br />But it's not very big -- neither was Albuquerque when it was built -- and there was lots more than "just a movie theater" at the KiMo back in the day. It was a civic/community destination. It's location on Central (aka Route 66) meant that it was also potentially a destination for everyone who passed through town.<br /><br />During the Dust Bowl, that was a lot of people...Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-78667343640382311652012-04-16T17:30:23.562-07:002012-04-16T17:30:23.562-07:00When I saw this post, I reached for my bookshelf a...When I saw this post, I reached for my bookshelf and pulled down <em>Movie Palaces: Survivors of an Elegant Era</em>, by Ave Pildas. There were some detail pictures of the KiMo because the book was published in 1980 and the KiMo was in a sad state of disrepair at that time. The book covers 14 Movie Palaces and has some spectacular photographs. I thought the video was good, as those types of videos go, but I wonder about the reality behind the gloss. The late 1920s and the 1930s were tough times - where is the balance? Maybe we aren't supposed to dwell on the harsh reality - maybe its better to get lost in the magic of Movie Palaces.Alcuinnoreply@blogger.com