Faux drive-in in NYC
Grand Opening Public Projects in NYC has created a fake drive in movie theater. It costs $75 for six people, and there are two shows a night.
Cruise downtown and park yourself at DRV-IN—Manhattan's only drive-in cinema. Seven days a week, twice a night, passengers are transported to another time and place. Under starry skies and the foliage of a potted oak tree, guests watch classic films in a one-of-a-kind 1965 Ford Falcon convertible. With seating for six and a full concession stand, this unique theater setting is one of the Lower East Side's most intimate experiences. Starting with films from 1960 and progressing chronologically each night, DRV-IN speeds through four decades of cinematic achievement.Link
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Meh. Hyde Park has a real one an hour north. Requires a car, of course.
So, their maximum revenue per night is $150? It'll take a while to pay off the car and other equipment at that rate. Am I missing something?
Finally, a drive-in for carless hippies like me!
OK souds like a good idea, I'm assuming that they are waiting to see if this is a hit before they invest too much, thus explaining the one car?
It's not really a business, more of an art exhibit. Prior to the DRV-IN, Grand Opening operated a ping pong "parlor" in the same space consisting of exactly one table:
http://racked.com/archives/2007/03/28/les_ping_pong_parlor_opens.php
I think someone has a trust fund...
I don't know if I'd want to watch Kubrick in a drive in. But a fake one might be appropriate.
There have been a whole row of mid-'60s cars in individual drive-in bays at the Toyota History Garage in Tokyo for at least 3 years now. There's a Mustang, a Corvette, an XK-E, etc.
I think someone has a trust fund...
I'm trying to think of a response to this that isn't too finger-wagging or humorless but am having a hard time coming up with what it will be. So I'll just be sincere and straight-forward:
Maybe you're right... the people who are doing this might be independently wealthy. But it's much more likely that they're not and are choosing to spend hard-earned money in order to make their art.
I have an art show that's opening this Saturday and I've emptied my bank account (that was filled from working, not from inheritance) to make it happen. In all likelihood, the sales from the show won't cover the costs. I do this because I think what I'm doing is worthwhile... It makes me cringe that art is dismissed as trust fund art simply because it was made without an eye towards profit.
They should give patrons the full drive-in experience by adding sounds of a trailer-trash couple fighting loudly, teenagers humping in other cars, and kids running wild in front of your car. Also, it would be cool if you could somehow add the experience of driving off with the speaker box still attached to the door.
What exactly is "one-of-a-kind" about a '65 Falcon convertible?
...Ok, at $75, how many couples are actually going to do the *real* drive-in experience - using the back seat!
So it's one car, that you can't even DRIVE IN to the place, six people maximum, and SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS? Seems to me the "artists" in question are unclear on the concept.
What exactly is "one-of-a-kind" about a '65 Falcon convertible?
That particular Falcon convertible is a 4-door sedan with the roof whacked off. I'm on a Falcon message board and remember that particular car showing up on ebay. The general consensus was "seems well built structurally, but done damn weirdly constructed."