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January 26, 2007
Classic Cinema in Guadalajara
Something that has been a bit of a comfort for us here after moving from the United States, and away from Turner Classic Movies in English (they carry that on digital cable here, but it's all dubbed), has been the two videosalas run by the Centro Universitaro de Medios Audiovisuales. They show a lot of great classic films from all over the world on a semi-big screen, and they always show them in their original language, with Spanish subtitles as necessary.
They actually have two locations; one is at the CAAV (Lerdo de Tejada 2071, Colonia Americana, 33/3615-8470 or 33/3615-6603 or 33/3810-2821) and the other at the Ex-Convento del Carmen (Av. Juárez 638, Centro Histórico, 33/3614-7184). Unfortunately, although it seems it would be relatively simple to do so through the CAAV website, they do not post the month's calendar of films online. You can only find out what they're showing by going by one of the two locations and picking up a print schedule for the month, or by looking up the week's schedule in the Ocio, which comes in the Friday edition of El Público (which is El Milenio in the DF).
It is rare that they show classic old Mexican films, which to me is really quite a bummer. There are a lot of classic old Mexican films that we're lucky to be able to watch on the small screen, which is perhaps why they figure they don't need to show any at the videosalas.
Posted by crispy at January 26, 2007 05:50 PM
Comments
I found a copy of Kentucky Fried Movie for $0.99 at my neigborhood blockbuster, that's sad.
Posted by: Jon at January 29, 2007 02:33 PM