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Carolina has twins
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If it is possible to have too much of a
good thing, then Chapel Hill, erstwhile
"haven for film enthusiasts," may be
nearing the cinematic saturation point.
It all started last fall when the
longtime moviehouse triad of Carolina-Varsity-Plaza
(itself a tripleheader) was
joined by The Movies 1-2-3 in the
downtown NCNB Plaza. Early hopes
for a commercial-cultural synthesis
down behind Blimpies never
materialized, though; besides featuring
TV -size screens and electric color
schemes, the closest The Movies 1-2-3
ever came to the hinted at "artsy"
foreign films in the small house were
"art" films like the X-rated "Flossie"
and "SuperVixens."
Christmas saw the advent of the
largest multiple theater in the area, the
Cinema 1-2-3-4 at South Square.
Hidden under the parking deck at the
rear of the Durham mall, these theaters
continued the current trend toward a
cluster of the tiny and the fashionably
tacky.
And finally, Chapel Hill's answer to
the Roxy, the once-spacious downtown
Carolina Theatre, has just undergone a
sort of multiplication of its own, a
multiplication by division the
Carolina has split into two twin
theaters: the Carolina Blue and the
Carolina White.
Manager Scott Reid said the twinning
meant that "we can now get some films
we couldn't get before and keep the ones
we do get a little longer."
Reid reported that one house would
seat 450 people "still the biggest
theater in the area" and the other,
350. Both would run late shows on all
three nights of the weekend.
Whatever the official rationale for the
current movie boom, the motivation
remains economic and the benefits,
limited. With as many as 15 theaters on
the road between the Carolina and the
Yorktowne, and six of those on one
block in Chapel Hill, conveniency is
bound to yield to redundancy before
long. And considering the uneven or
even undesirable nature of the first
runs, along with the frequency of
"popular" reruns in a college town, local
movie-goers might gladly forego
quantity for a little quality.
1 Michael McFee
The Daily Tar Heel features staff now
has openings for a few good writers
interested in writing general features
and or book, movie, art or classical
music reviews on a regular or semi
regular basis. Interested students should
see George Bacso in the DTH office in the
Union between 3 and 5 p.m. today or
Sunday.
Staff Photo by Charles Hardy
The Carolina Theater has just reopened after being remodeled into two smaller twin
theaters: the Carolina Blue and the Carolina White.
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