cinema and kiddy carts

Remember back when I had that school film festival and it took place at this old cinema? Well yesterday Kelly and I went back to that cinema and ended up getting a tour from the owner. It was built in 1947 and still managed to survive the earthquake unscathed meanwhile the newer cinema apparently went 'ploop'. In his words, not mine. Haha. 

Later we went back to see "Bombal" a Chilean movie about a female Chilean writer (María Luisa Bomabal) in the 1930´s. It was, of course, in Spanish. 

I wanted so so badly to love the movie. Because it was Chilean. But I didn't. It was really depressing and slow, and we ended up leaving before the movie was over. It's also hard to get into something when you are concentrating so hard on understanding. As long as you concentrate, you can understand everything that's being said, but if you relax and try to enjoy the movie, your understanding ability goes 'ploop'. 

But the cinema was really beautiful, and I loved the experience. When the movie began, the theatre-man ran down the aisle and up onto the stage to turn off the lights and then ran back to the box. That same man was the ticket seller, the host, and the concession stand worker. It was fantastic. 

After the movie, we hung out on the plaza while we waited for a ride. It was dark out, but there were a ton of families out with kids, which I found ironic, since every Chilean is "OH MY GOD, YOU WERE AT THE PLAZA AT NIGHT?! BUT.. BUT.. THERE'RE GANGSTERS OUT AT NIGHT. YOU CANT DO THAT, GRACE. YOU JUST CANT. OH GOD, I CANT BELIEVE SHE DID THAT... OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD."

We rented one of the kiddy carts, and took turns pushing eachother around in it, as fast as we could, to the amusement of everyone on the plaza. Pretty much every person we passed was all "GO FASTER, COME ON YOU CAN DO IT! PUT SOME MUSCLE IN IT." and then, to eachother, "You, know, I don't think those girls are from around here..."

These carts. But at night.