The family room was where the Meyers would have Movie Night throughout Andre’s childhood. For Andre’s family, though, Movie Night was pretty much every night, and by the age of ten, Andre listed The Dark Crystal, Time Bandits, and Tron as his favorite movies. He had tried unsuccessfully to stay awake with his parents for 2001 and Tarkovsky’s Solaris on too many occasions to count, and he could recite Roy Batty’s dying words from memory. Fleischer’s Superman shorts and Flash Gordon serials were his babysitters, Doctor Who re-enactments were a favorite family vacation past-time, and Andre trick or treated in a homemade Muad’Dib outfit.
