Apropos of absolutely nothing, I was going through a few old newspaper clippings the other day, and I saw that the back side of one of them was movie listings from the L.A. Times. Whenever that happens, no matter what the city or the time frame, I'm compelled to look through those listings. So in that particular week there was only one film I knew I'd gone to see, and that was STAR 80. I don't think I've ever seen it a second time. Not that I thought it didn't deserve another viewing, I've just never crossed paths with it since.
Anyhoo... the ad was unfortunately clipped, but the main theater it was playing at was the National, which which a surprise. My "sense memory" of when/where I saw it always had me watching it at another theater such as the Plaza in Westwood, or even some other location entirely. I don't think it was anywhere in Hollywood. But I try to imagine sitting in the National watching it, and it just doesn't compute. So now I must check sometime to see where it played around town. And it's not even a film I particularly care about.