The structure appears to be about 30 years old, maybe more, but has been abandoned for probably 10 years. Eventually I discovered that this was actually designed and built as an outdoor movie theater. Considering that it was built during the communist years it is surprising to me that this type of entertainment center was concieved of and constructed. I'm no expert on communism in Czechoslovakia but this seems to be an unusual thing from what I can tell. In other words I have not seen anything else like it around the city. I was recently told by a SK friend that this facility was quite popular, especially with young people. There were movies of all varieties (Hollywood and European) like Jaws, E.T. and other blockbusters. There were also music concerts which featured different genres of music. My friend Natalie said the movies were usually late night so that when it was finished everyone had to walk home because the buses had stopped running.
posted by Scott Boeser @ 2:22 AM
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what type of entertainment:-)? concerts of popular pop and rock bands, movies at nights, open air music and dance festivals and so on. I don't remember this place to be used for some propaganda events. But I only remember the last 10 years of communist era. The movies were not the hollywood ones, that time, but hollywood is not the only place where movies are being made:-) But, the amphitheater was a place where movies like E.T. or The Jaws by Spielberg were shown as well. Of course, most of the time they were showing russian movies /many of them were interesting and I would not mind seeing them again/, but also movies that represented Hungarian, Czech, Polish, sometimes French or German cinematography. The amphitheaters had a special atmosphere, young people loved them, because concerts and movies we on display till late night and when they were done, people had to walk home. No public transport around midnight:-) It was fun.
Wow - Would your MOM be proud of you!!!
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