Outdoor Movies | Open Air Cinema | Backyard Theater » Guam http://www.openaircinema.us/blog Outdoor Movies and Open Air Cinema with an Inflatable Backyard Theater Screen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:45:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Outdoor Movies Enjoyed by American and Japanese Soldiers Alike on Air Force Military Base in Guam http://www.openaircinema.us/blog/2008/guam-outdoor-movies-air-force-military-base-guam/ http://www.openaircinema.us/blog/2008/guam-outdoor-movies-air-force-military-base-guam/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:09:27 +0000 Open Air Cinema http://blog.openaircinema.us/blog/?p=2026

Outdoor Movies on Air Force Military Base in GuamThe war- WWII- was over and the men of Robert Allen’s 588th Squadron of the 20th Air Force celebrated when the new outdoor movie amphitheater was built at Harmon Army Airfield on .

The setup included benches on the hillside across from the screen.

The outdoor movies were well-attended, but not everyone stayed for the closing credits. After a few shows, Allen and the others noticed that a small group of “patrons” on the far back benches always got up before the film was over. Instead of walking toward the barracks, they headed back up into the hills.

“We finally figured out it was Japanese soldiers who came down from their caves to watch,” Allen says. “We knew they didn’t have any weapons or supplies so we weren’t worried about them. We just left them alone. I guess they got pretty comfortable with things.”

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Outdoor Movies Inspire Refugees in GuamPeter Landesman’s thoughtful and balanced story brings back my own memories of being a teenage camp refugee. My pain was alleviated by outdoor movies and the happy celluloid images of America at a time when “home” and “country” became ambiguous and painful topics.

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the War, my family boarded an American military aircraft and fled Saigon, the city of my birth. We came to after a three-day stay in Clarks Air Base, in the . I was in Guam when I first heard that South Vietnam had surrendered to the Communists. People were cut adrift, and spent most of their days in shock. I was 13 at the time.

One night, the American soldiers who took care of our camp told everyone that there would be outdoor movies shown at the beach. I took my five siblings, who ranged from 3 to 10 years in age, to the screening. We took up a whole bleacher in front of the screen. We laughed at the vintage Disney cartoons and were somewhat perplexed by a very frenzied version of Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat.” For an hour or two I forgot that I was a dan ty-nan (“seeker of asylum”), a teenager who overnight had to grapple with the notion of being a “homeless foreigner” in my adopted homeland.

While the idea of FilmAid could be construed by some as a frivolous luxury or an insensitive marketing ploy, it can also make indelible marks in those who still care to hope: that the world has not come to an end; that romance, adventure, and mystery still exist beyond death and suffering.

Nearly a quarter-century later, I still believe in the power of celluloid to soothe, to encourage, to challenge, and to inform. When I was a producer of the Asian-American Film Festival in Washington, D.C., I was able to showcase films written, directed and produced by Asian-Americans that explored the ever ambivalent subjects of loss, nationality and identity. I wholeheartedly embrace Caroline Baron’s efforts.

Originally published on Salon.com. Read full article at: http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/07/15/hate/print.html

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Outdoor movies and inflatable movie screens have been appearing in locations all around the world. Over time we will be adding links to articles about outdoor movies and open air cinema events. These articles are listed according to the country where the inflatable movie screen has been set up or the country where the outdoor movie event takes place.

A

B

C

D

E

  • East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
  • Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
  • Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
  • El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea – State of Eritrea
  • Estonia – Republic of Estonia
  • Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

  • Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
  • Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
  • Finland – Republic of Finland
  • France – French Republic
  • French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G

H

I

J

  • Japan
  • Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
  • – Hashemite Kingdom of

K

  • Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Kenya – Republic of Kenya
  • Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
  • Korea, North – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Korea, South – Republic of Korea
  • Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo
  • Kuwait – State of Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic

L

  • Laos – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Latvia – Republic of Latvia
  • Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
  • Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
  • Liberia – Republic of Liberia
  • Libya – Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
  • Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

  • Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
  • Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
  • Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
  • – Republic of
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives – Republic of Maldives
  • – Republic of
  • Malta – Republic of Malta
  • Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
  • Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
  • Mexico – United Mexican States
  • Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
  • Moldova – Republic of Moldova
  • Monaco – Principality of Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
  • Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
  • Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
  • For “Myanmar”, see Burma

N

  • Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)
  • Namibia – Republic of Namibia
  • Nauru – Republic of Nauru
  • Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  • Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  • Niger – Republic of Niger
  • Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
  • – Territory of (Australian overseas territory)
  • Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  • Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
  • For “”, see Korea, North
  • Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

  • Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

  • Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Palau – Republic of Palau
  • Palestine – Palestinian Territories
  • Panama – Republic of Panama
  • Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
  • For “People’s Republic of China”, see China
  • Peru – Republic of Peru
  • Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Poland – Republic of Poland
  • Portugal – Portuguese Republic
  • For “Pridnestrovie”, see Transnistria
  • Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

Q

R

S

T

  • Taiwan – Republic of China
  • Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
  • Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
  • Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
  • For “Timor-Leste”, see East Timor
  • Togo – Togolese Republic
  • Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
  • Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
  • Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
  • Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
  • Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
  • Turkey – Republic of Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Tuvalu

U

V

  • Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
  • Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
  • Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)

W

  • Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
  • Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Y

  • Yemen – Republic of Yemen

Z

  • For “Zaire”, see Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Zambia – Republic of Zambia
  • Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe
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