Vista Theatre in Los Angeles.Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images; Inset: Vivien Killilea/Getty
Quentin Tarantinohas made another financial investment in Los Angeles history.
On Monday’s episode ofDax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast, the storied director revealed that he purchased the city’s iconic Vista Theatre, located in the neighborhood of Los Feliz on Sunset. (He currently owns theNew Beverly Cinema, which he bought over a decade ago.)
Saying that the theater would likely reopen “around Christmas time” after being shut down amid theCOVID-19 pandemic, Tarantino, 58, said the Vista will screen “only film” and not “be a revival house.”
“We’ll show new movies that come out where they give us a film print. It’s not going to be like the New Beverly,” said thePulp Fictionhelmer. “The New Beverly has its own vibe. The Vista is like a crown jewel kind of thing.”
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“We’ll show older films, but it will be like you can hold a four-night engagement,” he added.
Tarantino also told Shepard, 46, that he dislikes many movie-theater chains “where they’re showing commercials all through it, they don’t turn the lights down, everything is stadium seating, plastic s—.”
“They have been writing their own epitaph for a long time, but they assumed the business would take you along,” he lamented. “It’s been crazy throughout my career to see how the film experience is lessened for the viewer like every five years.”
“I never likeany theater closing, but some ofthese exhibitors that are going, they f—ing deserve to go,” he added.
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It was featured in the 1993 filmTrue Romance, which Tarantino directed. It was the place where lovers Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette) first meet.
Meanwhile, the New Beverly on Beverly Boulevard reopened in mid-June after also having its doors shuttered due to COVID-19 — and according toThe Hollywood Reporter, shows have been sold out every night since.
As for whether Tarantino is planning another addition to his own repertoire before retiring from filmmaking, theOnce Upon a Time in Hollywooddirectorhasn’t confirmed one way or the other.
He did, however, recently post the possibility ofMaya Hawkeplaying real-life momUma Thurman’s daughter in apotentialKill Bill: Vol. 3, saying last week onThe Joe Rogan Experiencepodcast that the pairing “would be f—ing exciting.”
source: people.com
