I worked the candy counter at the Mini (c. 1975), quite peripherally to Billy, Arlene, Josh and Randy. This was the place where I first saw Women in Love, Greasers Palace, Putney Swope, Day for Night, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, Jimi Hendrix, and got my first flashes of film criticism. (Some guy went to great lengths one night to explain Chinatown as a parable of Watergate). I was there for Bob Downey’s appearance, too. Years later, when I revisited Animal Crackers for my book, OTTO KAHN: ART MONEY & MODERN TIME, I should have acknowledged the Mini, too. So, a belated thanks to the Donnellys, and the entire Mini crew, for some of the best of times, ever, on Long Island.
I worked the candy counter at the Mini (c. 1975), quite peripherally to Billy, Arlene, Josh and Randy. This was the place where I first saw Women in Love, Greasers Palace, Putney Swope, Day for Night, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, Jimi Hendrix, and got my first flashes of film criticism. (Some guy went to great lengths one night to explain Chinatown as a parable of Watergate). I was there for Bob Downey’s appearance, too. Years later, when I revisited Animal Crackers for my book, OTTO KAHN: ART MONEY & MODERN TIME, I should have acknowledged the Mini, too. So, a belated thanks to the Donnellys, and the entire Mini crew, for some of the best of times, ever, on Long Island.