princess cinema…
closes her doors last wednesday…
quietly…
just like that…
my last show with her was “painted skin”..
on the 20th oct 2008..
princess has always been my fastest and nearest getaway for at least the last 6 years…
more or less…
when life becomes more difficult than it should be..
when life gets fickle minded about what it’s going to do to you next…
i was telling myself that night that i will be really sad if they are going to close her down…
that could really be a bad feeling in disguise…
when i visited her today…things didn’t seem right when i saw no movie posters around…
and my bad feeling was further confirmed..
i saw the familiar faces…packing up the last bits of whatever that is left…
uncle’s face was different today…
sensing the sadness in his eyes…
princess cinema…
had a fresh coat of pain not too long ago..
but…
nothing has quite changed since the first time i know her..
i have lay my hands on this screen countless times..
and so did many other people..
even though it is still green words on black screen mode..
it works..
it’s all that matters..
princess 2…
1 of the 3 theaters..
the last time i am going to step in here..
not for any movie..
not for anything more than just wanting to remember how it is like…
to enter a surreal world she brings me to..
show’s over…
that’s right..
reality sets in that she has to be taken down one day..
and the one day is now..
the steps that i feel safe on in the dark..
i could tell that uncle was trying to keep himself busy..
for some strange reason…
i feel the same bitterness…
i never thought i could uncover the secret of where the movies come from..
it certainly is too big a price to pay..
i rather not know..
and be always curious about where the movies come from…
feels like family here…
the home of the many old friends around here..
you won’t imagine that the green movement has been around here for a long time..
these poster stripes are actually being written on the back of old movie posters..
and the lucky numbers on the back of used envelopes..
good bye my dearest princess…
i am sorry that i missed your last day…
thank you for being with me…
taking the roller coaster of life together with me…
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