| TITLE:: | TIME:: |
| IN THE NAME OF LOVE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 5:00PM / BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE |
| Dir.: SHANNON O'ROURKE 2003, DIGIBETA, USA, VIDEO, 62:00 | |
| The ugly side of post-Communism rears its ugly head in this pungent documentary on Russian women looking for love in all the right--and wrong--places. The inner workings of dating agencies are exposed for the first time from the woman’s point of view: we see for the first time the motives of women for whom America--and its men--may be the best (or last) hope. In the end, each of the brides has been transformed, be it for better or worse. | |
| INTERSTELLA 5555 : THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17/9:30PM / VISTA THEATRE |
| Dir.: KAZUHISA TAKENOUCHI, FRANCE | |
| Ever wonder what happened to the band in the Daft Punk videos One More Time, Aerodynamic, Digital Love, and Harder Better Faster Stronger? Well, together with Japanese animation legend Leiji Matsumoto, Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo and Thomas Bangalter have written and composed the hour-long anime musical movie Interstella 5555. The story is about how an evil impresario kidnaps and brainwashes an extra-terrestrial rock group, transforms them into prefabricated pop stars, brings them back to Earth, and manipulates them to the top of the charts. | |
| INVASION: ANIME | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 12:00AM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.; ANGIE ALEXANDER, 2002, VIDEO, USA, 84:00 | |
| Through intimate conversations with Japanese artists and scholars, we get an insider’s view into the anime world. Is this high art or entertainment? What role does it play in Japanese culture, and why does it fascinate American youth. The archetypal stories of life and death, love and renewal, and battles between good and evil are all presented in this searing story of the anime subculture’s burgeoning force. | |
| INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 7:00PM / VISTA THEATRE |
| Dir.: DON SIEGEL, 1956, 35MM, USA, 80:00 | |
| Don Siegel's cult masterpiece, interpreted as an allegory of both McCarthyism and Communism, is undoubtedly one of the screen's most disturbing evocations of paranoia. It stars Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Binnell, a physician whose traumatized arrival in the emergency room of a San Francisco hospital leads the staff to believe he's lost his mind. In a series of flashbacks, he unwinds a bizarre account of his last few days. After his return from a trip to rural Santa Mira, his nurse, Sally (Jean Willes), explains that his office has been flooded with patients who have made appointments yet never appeared. Former girlfriend Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter) tells him that she's unable to rid herself of the belief that the man claiming to be her uncle is an impostor. A hysterical young boy refuses to return home, claiming that his mother is not his mother. Miles's concern over this pattern of incidents, temporarily allayed by some jargon from the town psychiatrist, is newly aroused when he gets a phone call from friend Jack Belicec (King Donovan), who begs him to come over and take a look at the strange mannequinlike figure that's suddenly appeared on his pool table. This exceptionally well written and directed fable, the ultimate comment on the subtly coercive conformity of the 1950s, may be Siegel's best film, and it is undoubtedly one of the most exciting science fiction films ever made. | |
| JUDITH OF BETHULIA | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 10:00PM/BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE |
| Dir.: D.W. GRIFFITH. 1914, 16MM, USA, 108:00 | |
| Judith, an attractive widow (Blanche Sweet) of ancient Bethulia, undertakes a mission to kill the Assyrian conqueror (Henry B. Walthall), who has brutally oppressed her people. She disguises herself as a harlot and yields up her honor in order to have her chance at vengeance. Silent film maestro D.W. Griffith directed, combining this plot with the parallel story of a warrior (Robert Harron) and his damsel in distress (Mae Marsh), using a cross-cutting of concurrent narrative that works as an early predecessor to INTOLERANCE. Lionel Barrymore and Lillian and Dorothy Gish appear in the background throughout the film in various bit parts. While a little on the stately and slow side, JUDITH is a fascinating chunk of cinema history. Griffith made this expensive four-reel epic as his answer to the full-length features that were coming over from Europe at the time, particularly QUO VADIS (1912). His employers at Biograph were so outraged at the expense and length of the film that they prompted Griffith to quit and start working as a free agent for Mutual. His landmark BIRTH OF A NATION would soon follow. Biograph would gradually go out of business. | |
| KLEPTO | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 9:30PM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: THOMAS TRAIL, 2003, VIDEO, USA, 82:00 | |
| Emily’s apartment is full of things she doesn’t need. When she’s busted by a “loss prevention specialist” and mama comes to call, light is shed on a past that explains her strange compulsions. | |
| LIFE IN BED | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 7:00
PM / VISTA THEATRE w/ short SIDE SHOW |
| Dir.: NICK LINDSAY, 2003, VIDEO, USA, 75:00 | |
| One king-size bed. Three girls. One rockstar. A wonderland of libido, narcotics, and blissful confusion ensues. | |
| LOLITA: SLAVE TO ENTERTAINMENT | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 7:00PM / LOS FELIZ 3 |
| Dir.: TIMOTHY GORSKI, 2003, VIDEO, USA, 60:00 | |
| This haunting film takes a disturbing look at the dark secrets of the multi-billion dollar aquarium industry. This is more than just about animal cruelty: Questioning the ethics of animals used to entertain humans--including the undocumented deaths, separations of families, and profiteering--the slavery of Lolita will never allow you to look at Sea World quite the same way again. | |
| MY DINNER WITH JIMI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 5:00PM / BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE |
| Dir.:BILL FISHMAN, 2003,VIDEO, USA, 90:00 | |
| For a few minutes in 1967, the Turtles were the biggest group in the world. The reason: their #1 smash, “Happy Together,” then a monster hit in every country wired for sound. When they fly to swingin’ London, the boys find that everyone’s swingin’ but them. By turns fanciful and ferocious, “My Dinner with Jimi” is all about an uncool band in a too-cool time, and about how the music industry eat its own. The period recreation, set design, and score are way beyond groovy. . .man. For anyone who lived through the ‘sixties or wishes they had, this film is fierce. | |
| MY LIFE WITH MORRISSEY | VENUE CHANGE!!!
(now showing @ Los Feliz 1) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 12:00AM / LOS FELIZ 1 <ADDED SEATS - NO LONGER SOLD OUT due to Venue Change) <ADDED SCREENING!!!> TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 12:00am / VISTA Theatre |
| Dir.: ANDREW OVERTOOM, 2002, FILM, USA, 84:34 | |
| November spawned a monster, but director Andrew Overtoom dishes out mirth and misery in this shot-in-LA film. Jackie’s a hapless secretary who lives, sleeps, and dreams Morrissey. As her obsession grows, she starts stalking star-map addresses for signs of this charming man; soon enough, her life spirals out of control. But hey--every day’s like Sunday in this kitschy romp. Shown with “The Making of. . .”, full of folk even more Morrissey-mad than you. Jump into the Moz Pit we’ve all been waiting for! | |
