| Special Events in April:
Saturday, April 8 – 10:30 AM
HISTORIC TOUR Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour
& FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Sunday, April 9 – 10:30 AM
HISTORIC TOUR Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour &
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Thursday, April 13 – 7:30 PM
Alternative Screen
Sneak Preview! DARK
ARC, 2005, 99 min. Dan Zukovic follows up his tremendous 1998 debut, THE
LAST BIG THING, with a mysterious comedy about love, lust, art and the power of the
charged image (those that burn into your mind’s eye) that is equal parts film noir
intrigue, pop culture send-up, brain-teaser and visual feast. "A bizarre blend of
art, sex and opium... plays like a candy-colored version of David Lynch." -- IFC
News. DARK ARC is a bizarre story about Viscount Laris (Dan Zukovic), an
eccentric, modern day dandy who gets off playing "visual games" to feed his
obsession with art and visual imagery. His muse, a striking cosmetologist, Juxta (Sarah
Strange) falls under Viscount's idiosyncratic influence. Together they plot to influence
the behavior of Ed Smith (Kurt Max Runte), a harmless, complacent graphic designer,
through a meticulously planned series of staged visual events. Unaware that the events are
manufactured, Smith becomes obsessed with Juxta, the mysterious woman he associates with
these 'charged images.' A love triangle develops and Viscount sets in motion a climactic
confrontation wherein all three characters come together one final time, to create the
penultimate 'charged image.'
"Absolutely brilliant... a
comedy disguised as pretentious art trash...truly and completely different... something
you've never tasted before." - Eric Campos, Filmthreat.com.
Film Threat named DARK ARC one of the top 10
Indies to look out for in 2006. Discussion
to follow with writer/director/actor Dan Zukovic.
Wednesday, April 26 – 7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, 2003, 169 min.
Dir. Thom Andersen. A must see for Los Angeles history buffs and cinema enthusiasts
who will marvel at the hundreds of archival and film clips revealing an almost secret
history of the City of Angels! "This cinematic essay focuses on the discrepancy
between the lived-in urban reality of Los Angeles and its various century-deep cinematic
mythologies, the movie is about more than just what the movies get wrong. It’s about
the way the imaginary space of cinema intrudes upon the actual space of our lives, so that
the L.A. of the movies becomes a kind of separate urban reality unto itself." -- Toronto
Star. Voted the Best Documentary of 2004 by the Village Voice and on LA
Times Critic Kenneth Turan’s top 10 films of the year (2005).
Wednesday, April 26 – 7:30 PM [Spielberg] RED HOLLYWOOD,
1995, 118 min. Thom Andersen (LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF), in collaboration with
cultural/film theorist and historian, Noel Burch, directed this hard-to-see documentary,
using the allegations by Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities
Committee to search out progressive thinking and/or left-leaning politics in the films of
the 1930’s and 1940’s. With interviews and footage of blacklistees Paul Jarrico,
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Abraham Polonsky, et. al., and illustrative film clips from the
movies themselves. Director Thom Anderson will appear for
discussion following the film.
Thursday, April 27 – 7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, 2003, 169 min. Dir. Thom Andersen. [See description, April 26]
Thursday, April 27 – 7:30 PM [Spielberg] RED HOLLYWOOD, 1995, 118 min. Dir. Thom
Andersen, Noel Burch. [See description, April 26.] Director Thom Anderson will appear for discussion
following the film.
Friday, April 28 – 7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, 2003, 169 min. Dir. Thom Andersen. [See description, April 26]
Wednesday, May 3 – 7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, 2003, 169 min. Dir. Thom Andersen. [See description, April 26.] Director Thom Anderson will appear for discussion following the film. |
