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The Southeast Asia Movie Theater Project
http://www.seatheater.blogspot.com/
This is a photographic archive of derelict or converted movie theaters in Southeast Asia. Ever since humankind discovered the convenience of the home entertainment center, movie theater-going has been on the path to extinction. Declining audiences and rising operational costs have made the business feasible only for larger conglomerates, while the independent, family-run theater has been squeezed out of the picture. Here their memories are kept alive. Going or gone, but not forgotten.
- Author: The Projectionist
- Listed in: Film Asia
- Tags: Photography movies architecture history thailand southeast asia
Recent Posts
Asia Rama - Bangkok, Thailand
I caught him with his fingers in my pocket. Three swindling digits, not-so-gently inched down towards my wallet as I stood at the top of the bus's rear stairwell, waiting to get off. He'd positioned himself at the bottom of the stairwell, his covetou...
CNNGo.com hosts SEAMTP photo gallery
CNN has recently launched a new travel and leisure website, CNNGo.com, turning the media spotlight on to six major cities in East and Southeast Asia, Bangkok among them. The site posts articles and photo galleries highlighting some of the more off-th...
The New Chalerm Uthai Theater - Uthai Thani, Thailand
Uthai Thani: a fitting way to cap off a six-day, five-province tour through Thailand's lower-north and upper-central regions. In Uthai - as the locals refer to it - I could breathe easy, if not solely for the cleaner air, then for the lack of ever-p...
The Meuang Thong Rama (Khu Rak Theater) - Singburi, Thailand
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Five sweat-drenched days on the streets of Bangkok have yielded some interesting photos and stories in the realm of stand-alone movie theaters. Slightly raunchier, for sure. A little more on lower end of things, no doubt, but with some wholesome good...
The Lopburi Theater - Lopburi, Thailand
Here's my third and final installment from the city of Lopburi, a 1970's behemoth aptly named the Lopburi Theater. There were few people around to provide any data on this one, aside from a probabal date of birth some time in the early 1970's, during...
