The screens are up, the theater seats have been installed. Here's a status report on how close the much-anticipated movie museum is to opening.
, who departed suddenly in August. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale. ... Now it’s finally happened.”
The big reveal of the tour: The 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater, nestled inside Piano’s concrete sphere — tagged the Death Star by some — appears largely complete. A red carpet leads inside, where the seats and film screen are in place. The museum is still testing and calibrating its two Dolby Vision laser projectors and lighting. Aside from the yellow caution tape and about 50 special seats that need to be dropped into the middle of the room, the theater appears nearly ready for opening night.
projectors. Both theaters will be used for daily screenings as well as lectures, performances, panels and other events. Just outside the Ted Mann Theater, in the lower-level lobby, the Shirley Temple Education Studio is mostly finished. It will feature a “moving image workshop” with classes for students with an emphasis on those in high school.
Landscaping has begun, with newly planted California fan palms, blue grama grass and other greenery along Fairfax Avenue.
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