Leo S. Bing Theater
5905 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
5905 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
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The Leo S. Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibits the museum’s renowned film and video programming. The theater is equipped with DTS and SDDS capabilities and can project a wide array of formats from 35mm to 70mm and video.
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Definitely a big fuss when this was announced. I haven’t seen any films here, which is sad as that oppprtunity may soon be gone. There always seems ti be a parking problem around the museum area.
Save film group to meet with man in charge. There’s even a Save film facebook group. View link
Saved by generous donations, at least until June.
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The latest news as reported in the New York Times about the controversy reported in the posts above:
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Thank you all for the links. The good news certainly didn’t travel as fast as the bad, that’s for sure. But what a relief. For now.
Story about directors upset about possible loss of films at Bing, and their own experiences:
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Another article. Endowment is sought. Also a problem is attendence was down 50%. Classic film fans need attend!
ah, the link to the article:
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Operating at LACMA since May of 1965 at least.
As the Bing Theatre was part of the original LACMA complex, it would be the work of the original architect, William Pereira.