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Feb
5
2006

On March 1st, the Fargo Theatre, in Fargo, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the movie Fargo by projecting the Oscar-winning film on the north side of the Fargo Radisson. The Fargo Forum (who requires registration, otherwise would get many more links from me) says the projection equipment can project through a raging snowstorm....which, for the start of March, isn't all that unheard of. D's first reaction was about how cold it would be to sit and watch it...but, being a household only a little north of Downtown, we might be able to see it from home if we can get above the trees. It's more of a gimmick than anything, but I gotta give them credit for coming up with a bigger-than-life gimmick. They're hoping to get Fargo castmembers to attend. No doubt Fargo native Kristin RudRud will be able to attend, and the paper said William Macy might make it.

Just a little west of the Radisson, and a couple blocks south of the Fargo Theatre, I waited to pick up my mom on the first floor of the Black Building. It took longer than I expected, but with my cameraphone I occupied a couple minutes with some photography:

Later, I remembered Lileks' photos of the Black Building Lobby. Aside from the 'B' over the building tenant list, it seems I stood in the footsteps of Lileks for each photo. Well, his footsteps, and the footsteps of the Qwest service person, and the Muslim woman looking for the dentist, and the shifty-looking guy who deseperately wanted to use the payphone but without me standing nearby, and a handful of other people who were milling about in the lobby just after 9 in the morning on a Friday.

I was wondering the same thing about the weather for the outdoor film and the stunt aspect. Christopher said the audio will be broadcast on FM radio, so you can watch it from a car like a drive-in, or from a nearby building like you said...

--Trish , 02/05/2006 12:03:29