Movie memories
There are many questions that I should have asked my parents. One of them would be what their earliest memories were. And given that I am the child of the age of cinema one of my first memories is simple. The first time I went to a drive-in movie. This was not something we did very often. The drive-in required a driver and money. Happily there was a theatre not far from home and so I got to go one evening into that most comfortable of theatre seats. The one in my own family car. And the movie? That was also simple. The Shaggy Dog. Now this was not a great movie. But it happened to be my first so for that reason alone it holds a special place in the memory banks. I do know that I went to see other movies after that like everyone else. By the time that movies were important we had moved to a town the head of theatre. No more requirement of getting the family car involved in the action. And now so many years later I tried to avoid those occasions where I have to sit in a theatre for hours. But, thanks to YouTube, I have enough access to movie content to keep me in my seat for years to come. I probably will not get to see another classic movie. But I should go and rewatch The Shaggy Dog. See if it holds up to what I remember. And if you’re wondering, I just watched a documentary on the trials and tribulations of making another classic. The Wizard of Oz. Yes that movie will stand the test of time long after The Shaggy Dog has been forgotten. As for the movie that I have seen the most often? That is probably American Graffiti. A better soundtrack and a better plot line. More cars.
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