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A Second-Generation San Francisco Theater Owner Is Ready to Retire. Can He Find a Buyer to Keep Independent Cinemas Alive in the City?
Frank Lee and his wife, Lida, want to sell the Marina and Presidio theaters in San Francisco. But he says the filmgoing experience shouldn't end.
He says he would be sad about stepping away from the theaters, which are both on Chestnut Street in the Marina District and part of the Lee Neighborhood Theatres business, but that it’s the right moment for a new owner. The festival would show films like Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet,” Zhang Yimou’s “Raise the Red Lantern,” Park Chan-wook’s “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,” Bong Joon Ho’s “Barking Dogs Never Bite” and various works by filmmakers from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and China. As he and his wife prepare to let go of the Marina and Presidio, Lee foresees that their legacy as San Francisco theater operators will be about their contributions to the local film scene.
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