Thanks to everyone who was broad-minded enough to realize that a film about the outburst of the AIDS epidemic, and and the fight to get something done about treating it could be uplifting. With your support, we were able have a fun evening and make a donation to Team Emma. Yay!
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Life in Glasgow can be pretty harsh. “I’ll see you, Jimmy!” is something you don’t want to hear being directed at you, since it is usually followed by excruciating pain, typically caused by the impact of the speaker’s forehead across the bridge of your nose. This move is often referred to as a “Glasgow Kiss”. Yet, in Andrea Arnold’s debut feature, Red Road, which packed the house on this lovely, springy first day of May, there is evidence of tenderness as well. The sex scene is, how shall I put it… quite memorable.
We first showed Red Road in 2006, before it was released in this country… had to sit on the floor that night. It’s hard to believe that eight years have passed. Sill here!
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Following a few weeks of movies that ranged from tremendously awful to dramatically musical, it felt good to get back to some excellently crafted drama. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s The Past (Le passé) was an assured next step forward from his 2011 Oscar winning, A Separation. I can’t wait to see what he does next!
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I thought it would be ironic, and funny to show this musical on Holy Thursday, on the eve of the Easter weekend, and I did so without much thought. Well, it was ironic, and it was funny, but I hadn’t realized how interesting the story line was. Seems like, from the point of view of Judas (derived in part from Fulton J. Sheen’s book, The Life of Christ), Mr. Christ was a bit of an arrogant dick. Can I say that without getting struck down by lightening? Ouch!
Jesus Christ Superstar was another great MovieNight sensation. Thanks to all who came out!
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The Room, writen, directed, produced and starring Tommy Wisseau, is certainly the worst movie ever shown at MovieNight, and arguably the worst movie ever made. Not just because the the writing and acting were bad, but because the directing was so bad that it made every actor’s performance terrible. He did manage to produce it though. This is a case where maybe the parents should have taken young Tommy aside, and had a long talk about how different people have different gifts… and perhaps they should have advised him never to show his butt to the camera after attaining a certain age! It was a great MovieNight though, and I learned one thing: in order to have great sex, you need a bed full of roses. I guess one little prick isn’t enough. ; )
We started the evening with a short from YouTube, entitled “Hitler watches The Room”, another of those often hysterical re-subtitled of the same scene from the Downfall, starring the amazing Bruno Ganz. Why hasn’t Downfall been shown at MovieNight? Well… it’s 2 1/2 hours long, and it’s about Hitler. Assuming anyone reads this blog, please let us know if you feel we should correct this shortcoming. It’s a great movie.
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OK… I know. Way too many exclamation points! And there was another one! And… OK… I know.
Not since the first screening of The Cranes are Flying have we had a crowd this big. I mean, every sofa, chair, bar stool, apple box and dog bed was occupied (sorry about the white hairs!). Of course, it was also Circe’s birthday party, and she attracted quite a few guests, but… the appeal of our Killer B’s mini-season is undeniable. You guys love a B, and this time the late, great Russ Meyer filled an hour and a half our screen time with more cleavage than you could shake a stick at (now there’s an expression that needs some looking at… another time, perhaps).
One more B next week… or is it in fact a C or worse? Let’s see how it plays out.
Special thanks to Zoe for entertaining us with her Salt-N-Pepa dance moves. Shoop!
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