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Mechanics’ Institute

October 20 - October 20, 2010

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57 Post Street San Francisco, CA
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Editor Julie Lindow and Photographer R.A. McBride with contributing writers Elisabeth Houseman, Liz Keim, Eddie Muller, Katherine Petrin, & Melinda Stone San Francisco’s long-standing love affair with movies and movie-going is chronicled in this book of lush fine art photographs and provocative essays. From the art deco glories of the Castro, to the rough-edged “indie” intimacy of the Roxie, Left in the Dark includes anecdotes, histories, and commentaries by aficionados and film exhibitors, including Rebecca Solnit, Eddie Muller, Chi-hui Yang, and Gary Meyer. In the age of DVDs and streaming videos, this book offers a photographic, literary, and scholarly look back at a time when Americans didn’t just “see” movies, but went to them.