| Special Events & Limited
Engagements in October Wednesday, October 8 – 7:30 PM
50th Anniversary Screening:
SHANE, 1953, Paramount, 118 min.
We’re proud to present this new 35mm. print of director, George Steven’s
classic western on its 50th Anniversary! The archetypal tale of a rootless lone
gunman, Shane (Alan Ladd) who finds brief respite on the Starrett family’s
(Van Heflin, Jean Arthur and Brandon de Wilde) farm -- only to be sucked into a range war
led by malevolent hired killer Jack (Jack Palance.) Discussion following with
George Stevens Jr., son of director George Stevens (schedule permitting.)
Thursday, October 9 - 7:30 PM Alternative
Screen Independent Film Showcase
Skizz Cyzyk's "Damn you Mr. Bush"
(2002, 1:42 min.), a humorously shot protest song written in October 2002 as the U.S.
headed towards war with Iraq. (http://internettrash.com/users/skizz/)
Following is Jacob Bricca's "Homeland"
(2003, 5.5 min., USA) an examination of the mythology of the contemporary "good
life" fed to us by corporate America through commercials. This provocative mix of
images drawn from found footage sources is set to a hypnotic, moody score by the band
Seaworthy. Bricca is the editor of the feature films LOST IN LA MANCHA and JIMMY SCOTT: IF
YOU ONLY KNEW.
Following the short films is WE
INTERRUPT THIS EMPIRE (2003, 55 min., USA) which looks at San Francisco's activist
network and their efforts to make a statement about their opposition to the War in Iraq by
shutting down the city's financial district through human barricades, riding bicycles onto
the freeway and other acts. Protest footage from the "eye of the storm"
(including a choice political pie in the face shot enacted on a female newscaster),
contrasts with corporate media coverage in this look at radical resistance and alternate
views on the US's current imperialist drive. The filmmakers will appear for discussion
following the screening. (www.whisperedmedia.org)
The program concludes with BECOME
THE SKY (2002, 53 min., USA) A combination road movie, political expose and poetic meditation on
planet earth. This beautiful,
often abstractly lensed film crisscrosses Texas to look at the devastating effects of
petrochemical, nuclear and electric industries on land, air and water. Filmmaker Laura
Dunn examines the way that political and financial interests of powerful Texans Lyndon
Johnson, Dick Cheney and the Bush family have shaped the economy of the world. The film
maps an ecology of power spanning 4,000 miles across Texas and weaves a web of energy and
politics in the context of war and capitalism. Laura Dunn is about to begin work on a
documentary project with Terrence Malick. (www.twobirdsfilms.org)
Saturday, October 18
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tours & New Slide Show With FOREVER
HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:35 AM, 2:00 PM & 3:30 PM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Saturday, October 18 – 7:30 PM
EGYPTIAN THEATRE 81st ANNIVERSARY SANCE
Join us as we invoke the spirit of the year 1922 and
the Egyptian Theatre’s legendary founder, Sid Grauman. Our not to be missed
anniversary party features cake and exotic ice creams, magic (from the Travelling Wonder Show), period
newsreels & films, plus, a talk on Sid Grauman by Mark Simon (one of our fabulous
docents) and a
 SANCE – to
contact Sid Grauman and many other spirits lurking in the theatre. .
Film shorts included in the program: "Mickey's Gala
Premiere" (featuring Sid Grauman) from Disney; "The Thomas Ince Studio
Tour" a reel of rareities from Sabucat featuring Grauman premieres and hand and
footprint ceremonies and much more!
Special Ticket price: $20 Members; $25 General; $10 Balcony
seating and a limited number of $50 seats will be sold for a place at the sance table.
(For $50 tickets only fax orders to 323.461.9737. Deadline for faxes is Oct. 17 at 11 AM.
After that tickets must be purchased at the door.
Reception 7:30 - 8:30 PM in the courtyard.
Sunday, October 19
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tours & New Slide Show With FOREVER
HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:35 AM, 2:00 PM & 3:30 PM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Tuesday, October 21 – 7:30 PM
"FLICKER, ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT
REELS!"
The same exciting concept as last year’s popular program:
twenty-five new and established filmmakers brave the unknown, each shooting one roll of
Super 8mm film, handing it over to Flicker for processing and holding their collective
breath until they finally get to see their film along with everyone else – the night
of the screening! All editing is done "in camera" and sound is created without
seeing the film. The filmmakers will be there to introduce what they hope is a
masterpiece. Last year we had established feature film directors such as Peyton Reed (DOWN
WITH LOVE) as well as neophytes -- and it was an exciting and illuminating evening as
twenty-five 3 minute shorts rolled out before a nearly packed house to a very enthusiastic
audience Truly "New" filmmaking at its most exciting. Most
of the filmmakers will appear in person.
Special thanks to Kodak, Yale Film and Video and
Dwayne’s Photo.
Wednesday, October 22 – 7:30 PM
THE HIRED HAND, 1971, Sundance
Channel, 90 min. This quietly unassuming but powerful western languished for decades in
obscurity -- until it was recently restored in a beautiful new print through the efforts
of director and star Peter Fonda, editor Frank Mazzola and the Sundance Channel.
After many years away, worldweary Harry (Peter Fonda) returns to the family farm with
easygoing pal Arch (the superb Warren Oates), only to be greeted by bitter wife
Hannah (Verna Bloom). Determined to settle down, Harry’s healing relationship with
Hannah is imperiled when grudgeholders from the past threaten him. The stunning, near
hallucinatory cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond looks even better today than it did in
1971. Not to be missed! Discussion following with
director/actor Peter Fonda, actress Verna Bloom and editor Frank Mazzola (schedules
permitting.)
Thursday, October 23 - 7:30 PM Alternative
Screen Independent Film Showcase
Vikram Jayanti's JAMES ELLROY'S
FEAST OF DEATH (2003, 90 min., USA/UK, Showtime), a profile of hard-boiled crime fiction
writer James Ellroy (LA CONFIDENTIAL) against a gruesome backdrop of intertwined tales of
unsolved murders - the infamously dismembered "The Black Dahlia" and Ellroy's
own mother.
The film looks at Ellroy post-My Dark Places (a book
about his mother's unsolved murder - which occurred when he was 10-years old). Ellroy, who
charms his audiences in person as aptly as he entertains them in prose is an entertaining
presence throughout the film. His life long obsession with his mother's murder and that of
the infamous "Black Dahlia" intersect as Jayanti explores Ellroy's fascination
with the Dahlia as a means of understanding the horrible, unsolved murder that effected
his own life. Detectives on the case, experts and Ellroy pal Nick Nolte, among others,
appear in the film which also offers a critique of "Dahlia" murder case
solutions as well as some pondering on his mother's case. Discussion
following with director Vikram Jayanti and author James Ellroy.
Preceding the feature is animator Rachel Max's animated short film
"Dead Kitty" (2003, 3.5 min., USA).
(www.rachelmax.com).
Rachel Max's animated short film "Dead Kitty"
(2003, 3.5 min., USA) will precede the feature. |
