Our screening of Crazy Love saw Bob topple Andy from his long-held position as leader of the Successful Suggesters. Even though our audience numbered just eleven, Crazy Love was a wonderful MovieNight choice… maybe the same beautiful weather that instigated the return of the MovieNight Sangria kept you out and away, perhaps dining al fresco?

A bit of history: Andy was the instigator of MovieNight, and facilitated our start with the loan of an oft-unused (and quite behemothlike by today’s standard) business projector owned by his company, which was then situated on the floor below us. After a couple of screenings projected on the wall, we built a screen which measured 8 ft. by 6 ft. It was basically a large canvas on stretchers, and painted with gesso. At the time, I was unaware that projectors usually had a default keystone setting, so that the image would remain rectangular when the projector was on a table and pointed slightly upward. If mounted on the ceiling, the projector was meant to be upside-down, so this keystone setting would work properly when pointing slightly downward. Since I didn’t know this, I constructed a little platform which was hung from the ceiling with chains. In order to achieve a rectangular image, the platform was angled down, and the top of the screen was angled away from the room. This resulted in a rather extreme perspective for people anywhere near the front of the room! On top of that, the output of the aging projector was getting greener with each hour of use. The bar was made up of a couple folding tables with some funky, painted plywood screwed on top, and a lovely drape of fuzzy faux-fur fabric. Still… what fun!

Nowadays, we’ve tech’d up a lot, with our 3rd screen measuring 140″ diagonally, an HD projector, and Dolby 7.1 sound system. What’s next? 3D? Could you wear those glasses and and not spill your martini?

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