Movies In The Park Dark

You haven't lived life to the fullest in Los Angeles until you have attended one of the now infamous cemetary screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetary. Better known as Movies In The Cemetary.

Some of you may think it's morbid to have a picnic (with a couple thousand others) in the middle of a cemetary and then follow it up with an eclectic, retro film that is shown upon the side of a mausoleum. In reality, it's one of the coolest things I've ever done on a Saturday night. A couple of weeks ago I went to the screening of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, but this week's Harold & Maude blew Vertigo away.

Everything about the night was awesome. Thanks to MSV's wild driving, Wes, Siobhan, the boyfriend and myself practically had front row seats and beat out the hundreds that were turned away. Wine, cheese and crackers, pizza rolls, sushi...we had the works. Some of us even did a photo shoot at Johnny Ramone's gravesite. It's a fancy one so there's alot to work with.

Just after 9:00p, the temperature dropped and the movie began. Little did we know it was going to be one of the best movies we had seen in a LONG time. Not to mention the soundtrack. Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) shows us how it's done. It's one of the best "soundtracks done by one artist" I've heard. Actually, it got us talking about what other ones even came close. Here are a few examples that we came up with:

• Purple Rain by Prince


• She's The One by Tom Petty


• The Graduate by Simon & Garfunkel


• Good Will Hunting by Elliot Smith


• A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

What other ones can you think of?