tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post7300406154298731212..comments2024-01-29T22:48:07.946-08:00Comments on The Filthy Platen: Cinema Elron - Film NoirScott Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-69247865558562029552012-07-16T03:13:47.219-07:002012-07-16T03:13:47.219-07:00Absolutely great times. Thanks for the compliments...Absolutely great times. Thanks for the compliments.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-88147993929076026222012-07-16T01:30:31.757-07:002012-07-16T01:30:31.757-07:00Great posters. Had I lived in your apartments, I w...Great posters. Had I lived in your apartments, I wouldn't have been shy about nominating a film to watch. Sounds like good times and great memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-20843903405783048522012-07-12T04:59:43.054-07:002012-07-12T04:59:43.054-07:00Yeah, some people really don't like Collingwoo...Yeah, some people really don't like Collingwood. I gave up on them back in 1981 when they lost their third Grand Final in a row. And that nasty public toilet is still there. I used it once...back in 2005. Never again. The W Class trams still run down Chapel St and there's a nicely restored one that does the City Circle run daily.teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-5201387394963379942012-07-12T01:04:07.133-07:002012-07-12T01:04:07.133-07:00Always been really enjoyable. We had to phase thin...Always been really enjoyable. We had to phase things down a bit when the yard filled with about 60 people on one of these. I still have my projector and my screen, and come summer I might end up just setting it up in our yard for a few people. But the feel was unique at Elron court.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-4898270221758219082012-07-12T01:02:20.701-07:002012-07-12T01:02:20.701-07:00I knew you'd spot it.
I took that photo abou...I knew you'd spot it. <br /><br />I took that photo about a year ago. Lizzy street has always been pretty nasty, especially down that corner. I remember watching 6 plain clothes cops kick the crap out of a member of the Collingwood football team, after he fired up at them when they busted him urinating on the footpath. <br /><br />You've got the right entrance too. Do you remember that just back from this entrance there used to be Melbourne's nastiest public toilet?<br /><br />I miss Melbourne. Shame about the W class though.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-30058453000472698862012-07-11T12:17:31.541-07:002012-07-11T12:17:31.541-07:00Sounds wonderful. I think viewing a movie outside...Sounds wonderful. I think viewing a movie outside on a nice night would be very enjoyable.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-68855553555277587812012-07-11T03:40:26.050-07:002012-07-11T03:40:26.050-07:00"I was getting a little slow in my old age. T..."I was getting a little slow in my old age. The street looked familiar, but I couldn't place it at first. I kept scanning it for some landmarks buried deep in the dark and cobwebbed corners of my rapidly fading memory. That tall one on the left looked like the IOOF Building. There's a coffee cart near the entrance at the base of this building and Lev makes the best latte this side of Milan. Since Pete retired, that is. And I think that's the Galleria Building in the distance beyond on the left. Used to belong to The State Bank before they folded. Now it's Commonwealth Bank's headquarters. For how long, nobody knows. Even a giant can fall. <br />And I think I can see the lights of a tram in the distance. This is the last town in the country that still runs street-cars. I'm gonna miss them when they're gone. The W-Class trams have pretty much been phased out to be replaced with these soul-less tin cans that are churned out in Sweden. Or is it Austria? Did I mention my memory's going?<br />So, I'd have to say you were standing at the second entrance to Flinders Street Station (next to the hobby store that sells model airplanes Hearn's Hobbies?) and you took the picture facing North down Elizabeth Street. You couldn't take a picture on that corner nowadays. Lizzie Street's got the highest ratio of knife-crimes in the city. The Police Comissioner is calling it a crime-wave. The gangs are calling it progress."<br /><br />Nice photo. Makes Melbourne look like a noir-town. I used to work in Collins St and walked down that stretch of Elizabeth St for ten years until January this year when I changed jobs.teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.com