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Documentary by Mathieu Pheng / France / TCM Cinema (2022)
A legendary practice in the US, the drive-in theater enjoyed a golden age until the 1970s before declining. Today, it's experiencing a revival in the United States, spearheaded by a handful of die-hard film buffs driven by a certain idea of freedom in the open air. These are truly characters straight out of a Coen brothers or Tarantino film. From the Star Drive-in Theater in Colorado, the oldest operating drive-in, to the LoCo Drive-in in Tennessee, where you can even see films in broad daylight, and the Comanche in Colorado at the foot of snow-capped mountains, this film is a journey across the United States to discover one of the most important facets of pop culture and Americana. A road-documentary under the stars and in front of the light-filled screens of some of cinema's most entertaining films...
Broadcast (52'): October 15, 2022 on TCM Cinema
Directed by Mathieu Pheng
Narrated by Alexandre Aja
Produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher