The Premiere
by Jenny Revitz Soper
Title
The Premiere
Artist
Jenny Revitz Soper
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Photograph - Painterly Effects Added Digitally
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The Fox Village Theatre in Westwood Village, a Mediterranean-style village development adjoining the University of California Los Angeles, is typically considered one of the world's best movie premiere venues. For 85 years some of the biggest films in cinema have premiered at the theatre including A Star Is Born, James Bond, JFK, Mission: Impossible, Batman, each Harry Potter film, Independence Day, The Terminator, The Lego Movie, and hundreds of others. Typically the streets shut down and are used for red-carpet arrivals.
The most striking feature of the Fox Theater is the iconic 170-foot white Spanish Revival/Moderne tower which looms over the intersection of Broxton and Weyburn Avenues. A metal Art Deco "Fox" sign is atop the tower, which was renovated in the late 1980s.
Halfway up the tower, carved winged lions sit at the base of projecting columns. At the bottom of the tower just above the entrance is a blue and white sign with the legend "Fox Westwood Village." By night the elegant white tower becomes a beacon with its signs and the shaft of the tower illuminated. Perched atop the corners of the building stand carved griffins.
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December 5th, 2015
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