Seeing a movie with a live band is the best time you can have in the theater.

If I had a physical bucket list, one item would be to see a silent movie with a live band. I recently had the opportunity to do that, and it was a fantastic experience. My friend and I went to the North Park Theater in Buffalo to see 1925's "Phantom of the Opera," starring Lon Chaney as the Phantom. It follows the life of a young ingenue at the Paris Opera House as she becomes the object of the Phantom's obsession. 

The movie is good, but I went to see a film with a live band, and that is what I am here to talk about. The Invisible Czars usually tour with two movies. I would have loved to see "Nosferatu: as well, but I had to get up early the next day. The experience was a blast. Before the movie starts, the band is introduced and explains what will be happening. They are going to the music that accompanies the film. They also said that there would be several parts of audience participation. We got to dance to some dance scenes and make the noise of the mob as they chased down the Phantom. 

It was easily one of my best theater-going experiences. It was an almost full theater on a random Thursday in October in Buffalo. It was great to see how many people came out to see a 100-year-old, silent movie. It is something I want to do again, definitely need to see "Nosferatu" when it comes back. It is really something we all should do.