SHARING THE SHOWS
When I was doing my morning stretches on Labor Day, I checked my phone to see an ad for a screening of the new director’s cut of Rush: Cinema Strangiato. I decided it was important for me to give myself a fun thing to do, so there I went. I had seen it two years earlier with Maggie (8/21/19), but why not see it again? I didn’t see Rush enough when they toured. And it would give me an excuse to explore more of the DMV.
After a particularly trying day at work, I was psyched to hop the Metro up to Rockville, MD, where upon my exit from the train, I was met with Giuseppe’s Pizza Plus, who promoted an appealing special: two NY-style slices and a soda for $6. Sold! It wasn’t La Gondola or Tarantella, but it was the closest thing I’ve had to a good NY-style slice since I’ve been here. When I passed the theater’s concession stand, I tried to resist but was immediately drawn in by a box of Butterfinger Bites. I was in the first one in the theater, but soon after, I was met by another male solo viewer (I tried to invite my new friends, Stephen and John, but alas, they’re not Rush fans!). And then a female. Both who seen Rush live thirty-two and thirty-five times, respectively. There were a couple of families, a few groups of friends, what appeared to be a couple, and a lot of solo viewers, which gave me a nice sense of community. There are many loners (myself included) among us Rush fans, and I’ve often felt like that kid in the “Subdivisions” video, even as an adult. After what felt like about an hour of commercials (a line I wrote the last time I saw this; Homer Simpson’s cries of “Start the movie!” came to mind), we were finally greeted by that Jacob’s Ladder” soundcheck. Some new songs in this version included “Animate” (the first Rush song I ever heard after I purchased Counterparts), “One Little Victory” and “Red Barchetta.” As I’ve read through my post from the last viewing of this, it’s mostly the same film, so I won’t highlight everything, but it felt like I got zapped with one of those ray guns from Men in Black and was seeing it for the first time. I stayed until the end credits, which consisted of what appeared to be a motorcycle ride from Neal Peart’s POV (may he Rest in Peace). The last shot was a graphic that read “See You Next Year!” You’d better not be teasing us! We can’t just “roll the bones” on that one.
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