Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
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EXCELLENT PRINT and presentation of “BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID”. I look forward to Lafayette’s Fall schedule.
No classic movies in the summer months,but don’t just come for the old movies. UP is the current first run attraction. It was THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR IMO!
They don’t have a Summer Film season? Just curious.
How was the print for Ragging Bull? Did Phil Tisi hand out cards for people to fill out with regards to what films they want to see in the fall? Only one more to go for the spring season!
Not me, I haven’t been there since THE GREAT ESCAPE.
It was probably Phil Tisi, we look alike. In fact, many times on the street, people will stop me and say, “You’re Phil Tisi, aren’t you?”
EXCELLENT Presentation of “Annie Hall” yesterday….the curtain is fixed….excellent print and presentation..
bolorkay –
I am not involved with the Lafayette’s series. I do not believe that would have been Bob Furmanek at today’s show.
Dear Lafayette Folk,
Just a note of thanks to all at the Lafayette for the great program this morning! It’s always great to see just about any Woody Allen film on the big screen, but “Annie Hall” certainly tops my list of favorites. Very nice print, as well… those New York skylines…. nobody films them like Gordon Willis.(I believe.)
I was very glad to hear from the host at today’s show (was that Mr. Furmanek ?) that the Lafayette film festival will be returning in the fall and that next week the audience will be asked to present film suggestions for the fall season.
As I am probably unable to make next week’s show, I am wondering if there might be an alternate way for me to make my suggestions known to the folks who plan the festival? (e-mail ?)
Any thoughts, Mr. Furmanek? Mr. Apruzzese?
Very much looking forward to Butch and Sundance in two weeks and the new fall film season.
Thank You
Dear All,
Please try to keep your comments confined to issues related to exhibition and the Lafayette Theatre. This is not a “Rocky” / “Forest Gump” forum.
Thank you!
Ross
AlAlvarez have you seen “Network” buddy ???????
Because you are wrong
“Forrest Gump” is one of those movies that thinks just because it plays “Fortunate Son” or some other iconic song from a certain period, that they are recreating the period. What they are actually doing is just being lazy filmmakers.
I guess you have not been to the film forum lately because they do really cool and interesting festivals. They just had a con movie film festival, they are currently having a Tod Browning film festival.
It is a fact that TODAY “Marty” is a far better known film then “The Hospital.”
Thanks for correcting my mistake, I am happy to do the same for you.
IMO Forest Gump was a very good movie, not a masterpiece. Solid performance from Tom Hanks solid story excellent supporting cast.Good soundtrack. In my top 10 of films good for the entire family.
And I realize I just spoiled the ending of “Network” for anyone who hasn’t seen it. Sorry!
When “Marty” showed at the Lafayette in April, that was the first time in many years that it had shown anywhere in the New York area in 35mm. That’s one of my top 10 favorite movies, and I’d been hoping to see it on the big screen someday. So thanks, Lafayette, from a grateful patron.
Actually, Peter Finch in “Network” was killed because his ratings had been going way down. He was dragging the network down with him, and killing him was the easiest way Faye Dunaway and the other execs could come up with to get rid of him.
The word is “cliche”, not “clique”.
“Forrest Gump” covers MY generations with live clips, I think that defines time capsule.
The character is “Network” was killed for good ratings, not bad, just like the contrived divorce happening on a current reality show.
The Film Forum has not discovered a major new director in over fifty years since they rarely premiere new films these days and just get new prints of classics or run mediocre made for video documentaries.
“The Hospital” was a far bigger hit than “Marty”.
So whose comment have the most watery feces?
Okay you have so many mistakes in your diarrhea like comments. One “Forrest Gump” is not a time capsule for any generation. It is a ridiculous piece of trash, with a horrible script. Also I believe “Network” is even more relevant then it was at the time of its release. The Television industry has yet to kill someone because of bad ratings, so please don’t say the current state of Television is more ridiculous. Also I really don’t think the Lafayette should be thanked for showing a bunch of clique movies, that any real fan of cinema has seen many times. I have never gone into the Lafayette and discovered a movie, director, or actor for the first time like I have at a place like the Film Forum. For example, instead of showing “Marty” they could have shown “The Hospital” or some other less popular Paddy Chayefsky scripted film.
Never saw “Marty”, but “Rocky” was cool! I’d see it again if it came to my area.
You’re right about “Network”, AlAlvarez. TV, for the most part, HAS gotten much worse, so subsequently, I seldom watch it.
Never saw “Forest Gump”, but enjoyed “Taxi Driver”, even though I saw it more recently, when it was wayyyy out of date.
I don’t live in Suffern, NY, nor do I reside in the NY area generally, but the Lafayette sounds like a gorgeous theatre. Peter: : I also agree wholeheartedly with you about the average (10-20 or more cinemas) multiplex cinemas that’re located in the many malls that dot so many, if not most of the United States' highways and byways, and I don’t go to them anymore.
Since “ROCKY” was practically a remake of the excellent “MARTY”, I think it remains a timeless classic. The lack of a clear happy ending clearly makes it a product of it’s time since audiences today cannot handle nuance and will therefore reject anyone just “going the distance”.
“NETWORK”, a fine film in 1976, no longer works as satire because TV has become more ridiculous than even that screenplay could have expected.
“FORREST GUMP” and ‘TAXI DRIVER" are time capsules of their generation and also brilliant films.
I think we can all agree that all these films are better than anything we have available first-run today and that the Lafayette Theatre can be thanked for running this series.
As for talking in theatres, only a savage would think it is as inevitable as drug addiction.
(Damn, so close!)
UP is the regular Hollywood flick beginning at The Lafayette on Friday.It has received a lot of good reviews.
Better to see it at The Lafayette then fight the masses at the mall! The restaurants much better in Suffern. So why not make a night of it! Cafe Dolce has good food and music on Fri and Sat nights after 9pm.
See Up at the Lafayette have a meal and listen to live music with a glass of ice cold beer!
I think “Rocky” fans are so seduced by the underdog story, that they are unable to look at the movie objectively.
“ Taxi Driver
Rocky
Network”
I enjoyed all three of the above-mentioned films too, Bill Huelig. However, I liked “Rocky” the best of the three of them.
When I was exiting “Forrest Gump” after seeing it on opening weekend, I’d been reasonably entertained, but I said to myself that the visual effects deserved an Oscar. I never in a million years would’ve believed that it would also get Best Picture, Actor, Director, etc.
Aldo, we do not agree on “Rocky” but we do see eye-to-eye on “Forrest Gump”.
sorry any list that lists “Forrest Gump” as one of the top movies is automatically void.
Even if you ignore the order, the fact that they all made the AFI list in the first place says a lot about their quality.
The order they appear on some arbitrary list doesn’t prove anything.
I’ve heard similar attacks on “Rocky” before, that it doesn’t hold up as well as the other movies it was nominated with and won against for the Best Picture Oscar 1976. Many people believed that even when the movies were new. But more than 30 years later, here’s how the big three from 1976 ranked in the AFI’s latest top 100 movie list (2007):
52 Taxi Driver
57 Rocky
64 Network
I love all three films, so I’m very happy with those numbers.