Film Forever
The first film I ever saw in a cinema was The Sound of Music at The Odeon Astoria, Finsbury Park. I clearly remember waiting for the bus with my Mum and my Aunt. It was a chilly grey day and the wind almost blew me over. We seemed to wait an eternity for that bus and I had only a very sketchy understanding of where we were going. We were cold and glad to arrive, stepping through the door I immediately knew this was something special, a hushed world of wonder, a star shaped fountain in the middle of the foyer trickled. I was so entranced by the foyer that I had to be persuaded into the auditorium with the promise that I would see it again on the way out. Once inside however another world was revealed to me, the vast high ceiling was studded with tiny lights like stars. I thought I had entered a fairyland in which day had suddenly turned to night. The enormous arch which framed the screen looked like a castle and all around seemed to be little houses. I wanted to live there, I n...