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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.<\/p>\n
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And, although there’s always a short before the feature, they’re normally more throw-away than La Jet\u00e9e, 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.<\/p>\n
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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!”<\/p>\n
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<\/em> work, if you don’t want to keep rocking that look.<\/p>\n See you next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading La Jet\u00e9e, Somers Town, and Waxy Pants<\/span>