介绍： Now playing at the drive-in: bands, weddings, anything

汽车电影院演出类型：乐队表演、婚礼、无所不有

By Andrew R. Chow

文/安德鲁·R·周

Bri and Lindsey Leaverton had their dream wedding all planned out.

布里和林赛·利弗顿原本已经计划好一切，准备举办一场梦幻的婚礼。

In April, they were going to get married a...

介绍： Now playing at the drive-in: bands, weddings, anything

汽车电影院演出类型：乐队表演、婚礼、无所不有

By Andrew R. Chow

文/安德鲁·R·周

Bri and Lindsey Leaverton had their dream wedding all planned out.

布里和林赛·利弗顿原本已经计划好一切，准备举办一场梦幻的婚礼。

In April, they were going to get married at a century-old mansion in downtown Austin,

婚礼时间定在了今年4月，他们准备在奥斯汀市中心的一座百年豪宅举办婚礼，

with their guests sipping cocktails on a veranda by the pool.

宾客们就在泳池边的阳台上啜饮着鸡尾酒。

Instead, they found themselves 20 miles south of town,

结果，二人却在市郊以南20英里处的

tying the knot at a drive-in on a dirt road surrounded by cows.

一条被牛群包围的土路上的一家汽车电影院里喜结了连理。

A formation of cars blasted their horns in delight.

一排汽车为二人鸣响了欢快的喇叭。

"When our wedding planner asked us about getting married at a drive-in,

“我们的婚礼策划问我们要不要在汽车电影院办婚礼的时候，

we looked at each other and said, 'That sounds insane,'" Lindsey says.

我们两个人直接你看着我我看着你，说了句，‘那也太夸张了吧，’”林赛说道。

The corona virus has upended countless minor and major life events over the past few months.

过去几个月，新冠病毒掀翻了我们无数个大大小小的计划。

While many of these plans were canceled,

尽管很多计划最后都取消了，

a surprising share migrated to the drive-in movie theater,

但依然有相当一部分将自己的安排调整到了汽车影院，

where social distancing, via cars and pickup trucks, is the norm.

而通过汽车、皮卡车保持社交距离早已成为这类影院的常态。

These theaters have scrambled to pivot their entire business model in the face of disappearing film releases—

电影发行逐渐消失之际，这些影院却开始了竞相打开自己的生意门路——

and have unwittingly become catchall communal hubs across the country.

不知不觉就已成为各地包罗万象的公共活动中心。

"Drive-ins are being contacted like they used to be, for everything in the community,"

“汽车影院正在重拾昔日熙熙攘攘的景象，社区的任何活动都搬到了这里，”

says filmmaker April Wright, who directed the documentary Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace.

纪录片《景点游：权威电影殿堂故事》导演、电影制作人阿普丽尔·赖特说。