After almost eight years running Thornbury Picture House, the boutique cinema they built in the shell of a 1919 garage, Gus and Lou Berger felt they knew what they were in for with their sibling venue on Sydney Road, the Brunswick Picture House. But, says Gus, nothing could have prepared them for the challenges of turning a Victorian-era stable into a bespoke 81-seat modern cinema.
“I almost got broken by that build,” he says. “That was the toughest 12 months I’ve ever had. I’m still recovering emotionally and physically from the year.”
