Comments on: The Lumiere Theatre to shutter on Sunday http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Andy http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-97263 Andy Mon, 30 Dec 2013 01:31:14 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-97263 I was at that showing of bladerunner. It’s my standout memory of lumiere, too. It was the directors cut. It was a helluva loud storm outside and like watching a 4d movie when the rainy scenes came on screen.

]]> By: el pito http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63747 el pito Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:45:53 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63747 Lol, if the owners of Sam’s (that hole in the wall grungy Chinese food place) can remember me by my order 15 to 20 years after the fact……. I have to bring Misses Pito and the 10 year old to the old haunts…..

]]> By: Kidlet http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63410 Kidlet Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:13:44 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63410 I saw the Japanese anime version of Metropolis here in the summer of 2001.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63366 Cranky Old Mission Guy Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:08:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63366 The 4-Star lives in my memory because I saw Repo Man there in ’84, and the theater had a one sheet poster out front signed by Harry Dean Stanton, with a comment about, if memory serves, how great the actor who played Miller (Tracey Walter) is.

]]> By: tk http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63355 tk Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:22:17 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63355 I love the Balboa. We go there at least once a month.

Don’t forget the 4 Star on Clement! Where else can you see a movie in a 30-seat theater with 2 other people?

]]> By: mtk http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63345 mtk Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:04:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63345 sweet spot.

]]> By: Lamb http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63312 Lamb Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:51:27 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63312 I like the Balboa, too.

]]> By: Mae ann http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63309 Mae ann Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:23:57 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63309 please do. my boyfriend lives nearby & I am very sad about this.

]]> By: Haz Been http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63287 Haz Been Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:15:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63287 The fakers will say we’re living in the halls of past glory. And so shall it be. A storied past is greater than a soulless future.

]]> By: tc http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63275 tc Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:32:48 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63275 Sad… Not as sad as I was when Red Vic closed.

Still have the Roxie and Castro, for the time being.

]]> By: Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63269 Ariel Dovas Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:52:18 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63269 I worked there for a while in the early 2000′s. It was a pretty wild place to be in the early hours of the morning. We made a haunted movie theatre movie there, I’ll try to put it up sometime.

]]> By: el pito http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63267 el pito Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:02:26 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63267 So, speaking of the old ‘hood, the Rose & Thistle….

]]> By: el pito http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63266 el pito Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:01:05 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63266 I lived in the ‘hood mid 80′s…… drove by recently after at least a 7 year absence. They say change is good, but that Starbucks on the corner of California and Van Ness was certainly startling……..

]]> By: mtk http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63259 mtk Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:13:11 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63259 I saw Pulp Fiction at the Lumiere in 1994. and many other films there with friends over the years.

goodbye to still more of SF’s cool.

the town’s become Mallhattanized, soon to be Honk Kongified and I miss the old, cool town.

Thankfully, there’s Oakland.

]]> By: manymachines http://www.missionmission.org/2012/09/20/the-lumiere-theatre-to-shutter-on-sunday/#comment-63257 manymachines Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:47:42 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=43402#comment-63257 I saw the Blade Runner “Final Cut” there in 2007 as well. Also a great film called “Mafioso” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056210/), which had just been released after being kept unreleased for 40+ years. Katsuhiro Otomo’s “Steamboy” as well, IIRC, and others too.

Lots of good memories in that place.

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