Gary Meyer of SF's Balboa Theater on Playland and Grateful Dead shows

Gary Meyer, who's a long time friend of this blogger, is a busy man. He's co-director of The Telluride Film Festival and the owner and operator of The Balboa Theater in San Francisco. Gary and I met for lunch at Jupiter in Berkeley and talked about the movie industry, but for this blog, we made the video about two shows at The Balboa: Playland and The Grateful Dead. (And for those of you who wonder, we split the lunch tab, and the food, too. I recommend a pizza-salad combination.)

The Balboa Theater is Gary's love and occupation. Located at 3630 Balboa Street in San Francisco, Meyer took it over about six years ago; now the Balboa Theater not only plays first run movies like Iron Man 2 on May 7th, but has a lot of special events, the one's Gary's got coming up are a movie called Remembering Playland At The Beach on April 23rd, and The Greatful Dead: Crimson, White, and Indigo on Monday, April 19th.

On Playland, Gary says, "Everyone was going crazy! (and saying) 'I remember this. I remember that.' at our sneak previews. Playland is a documentary about the old Playland down at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

The other event, The Greatful Dead: Crimson, White, and Indigo, is based on a 1989 concert in St. Louis that has not been seen but Gary's got it on the big screen. And as usual with Gary he will have the filmmakers on hand to meet and greet.

Visit the Balboa Theater and check out their website at Balboamovies.com.

Stay tuned.