Cirrus@Austlit

'It's almost like being in my teens again, when the lights dim and a hush falls over the audience. Almost. Back then, I saw two movies every week in a Saturday night double feature with my best friend, without ever checking the schedule. Curtains opened on either side of the screen with a tinny hum. We sat upright in stiff leather chairs or slouched in slung canvas at the front, and at the back of the cinema was a glassed-in smoker’s room, filled with puffing patrons and a dense haze. How anyone could see through that was beyond me.' (Introduction)