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As I listened to the famous documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles speak at the Detroit Film Theatre on Oct. 20, 2007, I thought about the importance of trust in his work.

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You can always count on something innovative and creative at the Detroit Film Theatre.  On my first visit of the Fall 2007 season, on September 13, I was greeted by a new entrance that the DFT will use while renovation goes on at the Detroit Institute of Arts near the DFT’s regular entrance.

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In the 20 years that I’ve regularly attended the Detroit Film Theatre, and the 10 years that I’ve visited the Michigan Theater and Redford Theatre, I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy many classic films, from silent movies like Buster Keaton’s The General (1927) to lively musicals like The Pirate (1948) to foreign language films like The Grand Illusion (1937).

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Without the Detroit Film Theatre and the Michigan Theater, I couldn’t have fully experienced the movies of many famous foreign language film directors, including Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, and two directors who died on July 30, 2007—Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.

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The beautifully remodeled auditorium of the Detroit Film Theatre has played host this summer to flying saucers, dinosaurs, animated skeletons and Sinbad the Sailor.

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Music was in the air for Opening Day (June 9, 2007) of the Detroit Film Theatre’s inaugural Summer Festival of Film and Music.  The rhythms and melodies of lively jazz came from the front lawn of the Scarab Club, as part of the annual Detroit Festival of the Arts.

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If this year’s summer blockbusters leave you muttering, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” the Detroit Movie Palaces have the perfect alternative.

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While watching Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window the other night at the Penn Theatre in downtown Plymouth (May 17, 2007), I reflected on how I’d also seen that classic 1954 mystery at all three Detroit Movie Palaces.

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My general interest in the Detroit Film Theatre, Michigan Theater and Redford Theatre began ten years ago this month, when I saw the most remarkable film I have ever had the privilege of viewing.

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Someone once said that people need three things in life: to love, to be loved, and to have something to look forward to.

Anticipation for upcoming films is one of the most fun parts of visiting the Detroit Movie Palaces. And when one of those movies is a personal favorite, the excitement can really build.

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