Music Palace
Previously a central part of communal life, the movie palaces of New York’s Chinatown are now extinct. This documentary short takes us inside the title theater located on the Bowery, as it’s about to close its doors, with its caretakers ruefully looking back at the life that once was. Eric Lin’s poignant first film serves as a glimpse into the usually private—and, according to the Music Palace’s projectionist, “lonely”—operations of a theater, and mourns the loss of a once-vital movie-going locale.
Music Palace (2005)
Eric Lin
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Users
Rating consensus
66/100 blend
Sources: IMDb
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~66/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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Music Palace (2005)
Eric Lin
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