MovieNight took a somewhat different form this time… a short film (28 min.) followed by a rather short (67 min.) feature. Oddly, this was my third watching of Somers Town, and had I not needed to find out its run time, I never would have suspected it was as short as that. It always felt like baby bear’s porridge – just right.
And, although there’s always a short before the feature, they’re normally more throw-away than La Jetée, serving to give folks notice that it’s time to take a seat, and wait for popcorn. This one was rather intense. So beautiful though.
As always, we wanted to make sure people got their “money’s worth”. To that end, Bo Selecta made an unscheduled appearance in the after-show, starting with “Michael Jackson” introducing his family. “Jam on, mothafu**er!”
Apologies to those who got in the way of the clumsy barman’s candle hurling stunt. Especially Mary, whose name is now “Waxy Pants”. It’s kind of a sexy nick name, but the hot iron trick does work, if you don’t want to keep rocking that look.
See you next time.
