Same here…
On Saturday’s, parents would drop the kids off at the theater around noon time and pick them up hours later. All for fifty cents! Cartoons galore, and a double feature.
My last truly interesting movie going experiences were “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” here in NYC and the first run of “Star Wars”. Unforgettable.
I remember my parents and their friends getting all dressed up to attend “Funny Girl”, “Doctor Zhivago” and “Lawrence of Arabia”.
A worthy read, and Steinbeck’s take on the film was it was true to the source. Considering the times it was a difficult subject to make and release in film form.
Harlan Ellison’s a Boy and his Dog is also a worthy read for fans of Sci-fi.
Steinbeck’s novels are a uniquely American view of life during those times. I’ve read many of them and always felt his characters to be down to earth…the common man, so to speak.
When Tim Burton came out with this film, I was immediately thrown back to sitting in class during the first grade and trading these cards. They were really quite horrible thinking back on it.