a Film Forum tote

The experimental filmmaker and artist Robert Breer designed a mural for Film Forum's Watts St theater (1981-1991) featuring the chunky, abstract shapes you can show off from your shoulder. Of course, if you're anything like me, you're demanding to know what happened to the original mural and I'm sad to report that it was demolished along with the rest of the theater when Film Forum moved to its new, current location on Houston. Here's what it looked liked back then.