1The Vista Theater, in Los Angeles.
"To be continued ...".
In white letters on a black background, the poster at the entrance to the Vista cinema has promised for nine months an extension of the show that never comes.
Behind its 1920s façade, the Vista hides a kitschy interior with Egyptian motifs.
It is built on the grounds of the old Griffith Studios, on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard, on that corner of Los Angeles, when it was a wasteland, Intolerance was filmed.
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2El Portal Theater, built in the 1920s in North Hollywood.
It works as a theater and a concert hall.
Los Angeles has dozens of cinemas like this one, full of history;
cinemas that have accompanied a century of boom, crisis and reinvention of the industry that feeds the economy and the mystique of that city.
It is the cinemas where they have seen and see the movies that make them.
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3The ArcLight Network Theater in Culver City, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles loves its cinemas, the sumptuous Art Deco rooms where Chaplin premiered, the Imax room of the Chinese Theater, the Cinerama dome, the new luxury theaters and the digital multiplexes.
Most have been closed since March.
At some point they will return.
Not all, not the same, who knows.
There has already been a generation of cinemas devastated by neglect, whose marquees today adorn shop entrances.
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4The Velaslavasay Panorama, in the old Union cinema.
This tragedy will add a few more to the ruins.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles looks at its rooms from the street: empty shells, lifeless on the screen or in the seats, pieces from an open-air museum.
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5The Bruin Theater, the UCLA campus theater where Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) goes to see her own movie in
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
.
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6El Capitan Theater, decorated in Spanish colonial style.
It's on Hollywood Boulevard.
It is owned by Disney, which shows its premieres here with live music and uses it for events.
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7The Kirk Douglas Theater, former Culver Theater, in Culver City, Los Angeles, featuring a streamlined 1940s-style facade.
He was renamed Kirk Douglas because the actor helped rebuild it.
It works as a theater.
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8The Dolby Theater, formerly the Kodak Theater, on Hollywood Boulevard, is home to the Oscars.
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9The historic art deco Fox Wilshire cinema, renamed the Saban Theater after being restored by magnate Haim Saban.
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10The Aero Theater, in Santa Monica.
It is used by the American Cinematheque for its screenings of classics and special events.
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11The spectacular entrance to the Alex Theater, built in 1925 and renovated in the 1940s, a Glendale icon.
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12The classic New Beverly Cinema is today owned by Quentin Tarantino, who decides the programming and only projects in 35 millimeters.
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13The Regal chain cinemas in Long Beach.
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God save the temples of Los Angeles
2021-01-03T18:22:36.031Z
The temples of Los Angeles are its mythical movie theaters. They date back to the beginning of the 20th century and are already a historical heritage of the young metropolis. Some fell due to changes in leisure models. Others may fall. But there is still a nucleus that maintains its brilliance, even with the closure due to the pandemic.
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