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...Columbus, Ohio, circa 1963 - can you see how something as ephemeral as a movie might take on some significance...
...make a pilgrimage to a drugstore on the West Side of Columbus to get the magazine. The drugstore at the end of my street where I bought my copies of "The Fantastic Four," "Nick Fury," and "Spider-man" didn't carry it. We were up on the West Side every weekend anyway, visiting my aunt and my grandparents; it was a short walk and a chance to get away from the adults for a while. My brother Pat and I hit the road...
...Pussy!" the guy says, and punches my brother in the side of the head. I froze with my mouth open. Pat held his hand to the side of his head. We all just stood there for a moment, then they moved away. It was a perfect Columbus moment, the kind combat troops describe - long days of boredom punctuated by a quick flash of terror...
This was back in a time when it was really hard to pick up on older films; it either showed up on local TV or it didn't. There were no revival houses in Columbus at the time; VHS hadn't been invented. My wife once told me that as a child she dreamed of being President; not because of the power, the fame, or the capacity for changing the world, but rather because the President had his own screening room and could watch any movie he wanted. I knew how she felt...
...make sure it played the Studio, so in addition to the American canon I saw "The 400 Blows" and "Grand Illusion" and "Bicycle Thief" and "Rules of the Game," and the newer stuff like "Satyricon." I even saw "La Dolce Vita" - and believe me, this was unusual fare in Columbus, Ohio, in the waning days...