Drive-in cinema comes to town
By Qin Zhongwei | China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-02 07:41
The Maple Garden Drive-in Cinema is the first of its kind in Beijing. Chantal Anderson |
During the golden age of its love affair with the automobile, America's drive-in cinemas were as much a part of the landscape as roller-skating carhops at hamburger stands and weekend drag races. Rising fuel prices and lifestyle changes brought an end to those freewheeling days, though they live on in the movies themselves as depicted in numerous iconic films that pay homage to a time more carefree and innocent.
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