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u - war harm) CHRONICLE - Wednesday. September a. 2qu The Princess diaries O O O The Prmcess Cinema celebrates 25 years of art house fare in uptown Waterloo 8v Cum Puma Puma; -~ 4:: a $2111}, . ' at the Princess. Chronicle Stan ‘ ‘1- ‘ 1 H “The fun part is 'crystal balling’ what 1 ; gt. a think people in the region will like." he said. projeaorsarrivedjusthoursbefaethe ,;,’ , ,. His own favourites movies are by inaugural film. Casablanca. was due to L ' " - Krzysztof Kieslowski, the Polish director of lightupthescreenatPrintmanemm ‘11-'41.“ m g. the Three Colours trilogy: Red. White and Then the lock got stuck. and John Tutt ‘ $7 Mill-lion M \ ; Blue. couldn't get into the building. :43“ ' m “H: was just one of the late. great Euro. That's what he remembers about openin ii , A“ pean irectors." night in 1985. g 1 ,3“: ‘ - Watching movies isn't work for Tutt “I remember the anxiety. My. parents K 1 , wt though. . ‘ . . were here. With their faces in their hands, ' . I The work part is fixrng seats, painting thinking, ‘Ol‘i:l my God. what has he gotten " L. ' [/fl/ fl stuffétri‘giglpfing gngllsi‘: [331% ning a into. esai . ,_ . 2\ -; “It was a calculated risk, but I knew there _ ( } i ' .1... Ehxeatretiffilike running a farm. You're always wasan audience." ~ . \ ' in . 'ngs ." And he was right. ”Cl“? 3 . 1 1 I It might be handy to know CPR too. Dur- “Within a year, we had an audience. It’s as ' *1» ' . , I ‘ ‘ ing a pagllrtnedhousebzcreeningI of cgrghliahst- if there was a pent-up demand for inde~ e; 1 . ‘ ‘ ‘ wood's , Bird. 3 ut jazz egen ie pendent cinema,” 'Imt said. 'â€" ~ .1 f ’ . -' Bird Parker, one of the audience members Next weekend. the original Princess cele- i _ A: 1‘ 1 ‘ had a hean attack. . brates its 25th anniversary with a free ’ . I. - ~ 1 The moxie wenthoff and it: hooks: ligléts screening- ofCasablanca. ; y 1 ‘5 ‘ ,7 went on w e ano er mem r o e au 1- Tlitt came to Waterloo to earn a business ' . e I a; . l: . ence, a nurse. attended to the man. degree at Wilfrid Laurier. It was during a a; “n.3, E at” .' .4144? gt “Everyone stayed in their seat. it waskind small university festival that his interest in *5 if". t ‘ Slag" 1-, emf eerie,” Tim said. After plarargiIedics angled. film began to develop. 15314 a. ~ 11”" .. $3; .. T 2 man was. miracu ous y. a e to stan up “It was a French film. called Diva. Seeing - 9‘1 7 ' s ’ ~35; ' 1L. and make his way out of the theatre. that opened my eyes to foreign film,‘ he [if F . ‘- i- h Incidentallyhlcharlie Bird Parker has a said. .. f (,‘1 ..5 eart attac in emovie. A few years after graduation, at age 25, g 5 fl 1 Tim and his wife Wendy have a 13-year. Tutt rented the second-storey space on _- a" 1 1 . "1:31:31 I. Ji‘lhffi" ’ '19,»: old son. lacob, who is “just starting to sling Princess Street from the Adlys family. He 3.45 ’1 fig.” popcwomé" h l d h I t ' t t gi _,. ., . 2.1;,‘j‘;.;.‘.’..5;; “ e ee t is ace in 00 s a e. t's Sifléfii‘fig‘riww bemgmm on a me ,. “it" - eggs} We W' ~ fl}...- not the Tajilahafibut the lEwes of gum/res “We started on the total cheap. We started “My. affix. 7,, . a! g ’ '-‘." we play, we don’t need all the bells and whis- in 16 mm; not even the industry standard 35 f ' A? 1"", 1" '7 l *- ’. up 3&3 m 3M ties Ctf a dimple: “Hill a 5:05 ziorydand mm." he said. . 5f}: ’ ‘ l .. 3"” “my! team good acting. you on'tneed at," esai . He didn‘t take a vacation for the next â€": , a” "1"": ’ .1“- ' ‘ ’ “a” 1 “t; . .‘,- “That's what we've been doing for 25 three years. 1“ ,- “9" _ - - years, and we'll be doing it for another 25 The Princess is open 365 days a year. ; ' ‘ k :59 _ years" showing independent and smaller budget " y p s . a m. ' ‘ " .. .s. films, foreign language films, documen- 7 ‘ 1‘ 173$: ‘ ' a. ..'. ‘ ~ 11%,"? taries. revivals and festival films .. " 11” ; ' . .. r ‘ 1‘ " w, 123}? 1112""? q) “The program here is a reflection of the ’ .4 _._....ig. W; .' - an: “a mi”; 522:“:513‘821? d' They re adventurous, John Tutt has spent half his life promoting independent cinema in Waterloo. The original In 2004' 11m opened the Princess Mn, Princess celebrates 25 years with a special screening of Casablanca next 3.5%: mm m taking over the former Alan Rigby House of Furniture on King Street and turning it into a old wooden steps for 25 years will be at the It's just beautiful." theatre with two big screens and full stadi- anniversary celebration. He sees hundreds of movies a year, um seating. The Mn offers more oommer- One of the films they‘ve come to see over including about 50 that he crams intol a llZ- cial films. and over again is Baraka day run at the Toronto lnternationa Fi m The Princess has thousands of members “That film has no story line and no char~ Festival each September. It’s all research â€" who get discounts on movie tickets. Some acters.” Tim said. ‘lt's just images and music, Tutt books all the films himself, and watches movie-lovers who have been trudging up the and it's one of our most popular films. about 75 per cent of the ones he’ll screen _ . . ~u. more; R. {‘x/ v : , 1 V7_ . . 6 Y ~ .. .3599. with. lâ€"[Sfimilhcztrsmr REAR ‘ T ‘. . . on rr NOW! PAY LATER! ANNNE ' n‘ ' ‘1 l ‘ a“ o . r500 I ' St | ob y , Sa‘Q‘ 4 . ac s .3 .2, 4V , FURNITURE 2 '-'«1-1‘ _ A... ‘ 1),-.- fiv‘m’ .-:. . 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