By Jonathan Bilski
We last left off, talking about the bun, now we get to the meat of the museum.
Check out the first part of the preview here
Open To The Public Sept 30th
6067 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Across from the Petersen Automotive Museum and adjacent to LACMA
Admission
Adults $25*
Seniors (age 62+) $19
College Students $15
Children (age 17-) FREE**
Members FREE
The OscarsⓇ Experience + $15 per person***
As
for parking, as of writing there doesn't seem to be a dedicated parking
lot for the museum. The website says park over at LACMA or the
Petersen, which seems a little crazy. There is a dedicated lane for
valet and Uber/Lyft drop-off.
Opening up to the museum is hundreds of props, costumes and actual Oscars. This is a truly amazing collection for the Stories of Cinema exhibit. Props from countless sci-fi and horror films are encased and to be looked at in awe.
The Bruce Lee exhibit gets a grade A. With a wonderful mirror tribute touch to remind us all of
Enter The Dragon's final climatic battle.
And with a nice touch of last name, you can see Spike Lee's personal exhibit from Bruce Lee's.
These are Spike Lee's personal affects that he's loaning to the museum. Many posters from works that have inspired him and kind of show that he is a movie nerd.
Shift to almost the end of the exhibit is some eye-catching costumes including the Mayflower Queen from
Midsommar. It's beautiful as it is scary, if you've seen the film.
Some life maks, to show how special effects make up works. Of course, Mel Brooks would make it in somehow.
And
The Wizard of Oz has it's own room, it's also the first film screening to the public at the Academy's Theater. These are just some pieces from the collection there.
With all the vast archives the Academy has open to it I find it so funny that they included a storyboard for
Scary Movie 2, the scene where a pot plant smokes a person and sketch work from
Shrek. Why?
More amazing pieces await you, I couldn't capture everything, you'll want to explore it all on your own. Except, those floors I talked about it Part 1.
A familiar background from
North by Northwest.
If you want to take your time, please look at The Path to Cinema which shows off strange devices that showed off pictures before we really even had film. Many, just colorful lanterns. And, you can gander at some film footage from the late 1800's. Which is crazy to see in 2021.
You made it this far, so, I guess you've earned to see Rosebud. Watch more movies if you don't get the reference. And, I hope after going to the museum. you watch more of the films it shares with you and look into any of the aspects of film-making shown. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is open finally, starting this week.. Truly, a musuem LA needed and having a nice big theater attached doesn't hurt.
