Oct 09, 2024
'Rich Histories' [Re "Tightly Woven: Friends and Neighbors Turn Out to Help Marshfield School of Weaving Move to a New Home," September 25; "A Baker's 100: Marshfield's Jules Rabin Celebrates a Century of Intellectual Curiosity, Trailblazing Bread and Standing Up for Peace," August 7]: Within the last month, Seven Days has transported me back to 1994, when I first arrived in Vermont. I stumbled upon the Marshfield School of Weaving and, while studying with founder Norman Kennedy, discovered Goddard College and enrolled there. Jules Rabin had everyone in Plainfield and beyond waiting on Wednesdays, when his "Rabin's Bread" came out. Your pieces on these central Vermont cultural icons capture the era and sentiments of the time and preserve rich histories that make this state such a gem. Thank you for honoring Vermont institutions like these in this supercool, modern newspaper. Lorilee Schoenbeck Essex Junction Time to Refocus [Re "Reel Drama: As Vermont Movie Theaters Respond to a Changing Industry, Burlington May Lose Its Only Cinema," August 21]: I don't think it takes a professional filmmaker, which I was for more than 25 years, to notice poor projection in a movie theater. Specifically, I've been annoyed by the too-large images projected in two of the smaller auditoriums at Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington. What I mean is that the top and bottom, left and right of the picture are cut off. In technical terms, the projection lens is too long. If you don't mind — or notice — that tops of heads are cut off or important information is missing off the left or right of the screen, then the Roxy is likely acceptable to you. Discerning moviegoers, especially those who are less into mainstream action and more into artful drama flicks that should be viewed the way the director and cinematographer intended, will not go to the Roxy to see a film. I've tried and have had too many bad experiences, including fruitless visits to the lobby to report sound that was at too low or high a level, or a picture whose framing was off. Until some technology, expertise, thought — and investment? — goes into solving these problems, I for one will not be returning to the Roxy. The Main Street Landing Film House and intimate VTIFF Screening Room project films the way they should be seen, so those are now my go-to Burlington movie houses. And by…
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