Movie Palace is an elaborate kinetic sculpture that combines Hollywood escapism with the innocent pleasures of windup toys. Beck remembers movie going as a social experience that is disappearing from American culture today.

Water Gilding is one of the oldest techniques for applying gold leaf. Thin coats of a mixture of water, alcohol, and glue are brushed onto the surface of the object. The gold leaf is applied on top of this water using a gilders tip. As the water evaporates the leaf will adhere to the surface. Once dry it is ready for burnishing with agate stones.

Wayne Thiebaud painted Booth Girl in 1964. According to David Beck, the woman working in the ticket booth has Thiebaud's wife's haircut.

King Kong was released in the spring of 1933. In this movie, a film crew goes to an exotic island hoping to make a spectacular film. Instead, they find a giant gorilla who falls in love with the leading star, Ann Darrow, played by Jump | More