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New Year's Eve, 5pm, Egyptian Theatre

 

Any fans? It's my favorite new show of the season. Brilliantly written and performed.

 

Who had "Feb 5th" in the betting pool?

 

Don't forget Dirk Diggler...!

 

Too young for ‘The Graduate’? Too old for John Hughes? Your cinematic touchstones might be as quirky as mine.

 
 

Dec 1, 2023 - Aero Theatre, Santa Monica

 

During the renovation process for The Egyptian Theatre, the American Cinematheque salvaged the theater’s original movie screen, and had it divided into pieces. They had each piece of the screen autographed by a top filmmaker or performer and placed in a custom lucite frame, intending to create meaningful keepsakes for film and history lovers alike.

Proceeds support the non-profit’s ongoing work of restoring 35mm classic film prints that are no longer in circulation, as well as films from filmmakers of color. Funds raised will also support the American Cinematheque’s archive of 40 years of filmmaker discussions for film students, cinephiles, and movie-lovers everywhere

 
[–] wilberfan 1 points 1 year ago

Well, at least today he's sorry...

http://archive.today/KQOXU

[–] wilberfan 1 points 1 year ago

I watched this last night. Very professionally done! If you had never seen the film, you would have no clue that the music was not original to the "official" version.

[–] wilberfan 1 points 1 year ago

Possibly my favorite film, full-stop, I've watched it probably 50-ish times. I was a little trepidatious about watching this fan edit. It was an odd experience--but in a good way: New, but at the same time, very familiar...

it's very professionally done--if you were seeing the film for the first time, nothing would feel 'artificial' or tacked-on.

[–] wilberfan 5 points 1 year ago

I open a can of sardines and slice open an avocado. Healthy fats and protein, low carb!

[–] wilberfan 2 points 1 year ago

That's oddly about the time I started to become disenchanted with most contemporary cinema. Both parents worked in the Industry, dad was a voting member of the Academy for many years. The Oscars were--no exaggeration--the Holiest night on our family calendar. I even got to attend in person once. (The one where Benigni climbed up on the furniture--'99.)

Then THE ARTIST won best picture (2011). 🤦‍♂️

I stopped watching the Oscars completely about 5 years ago. The only enthusiasm I can muster anymore is new films by old masters (PTA, Scorsese, Tarantino, etc.)

[–] wilberfan 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Came here to say this. I have probably 150 feeds I scan everyday via Feedly.com. (I like Feedly so much because it syncs over whatever device I'm using at the time.)

[–] wilberfan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remembered there was a website that provided similar information, and meant to check it out before I saw FLOWER MOON this week--but then spaced on it and never got around to it.

I did--only half joking--offer the ticket-taker $20 if she'd sneak up to the projection booth and hit the off button for 5 minutes to give us all a break.

I would have loved an intermission--as it was I got up around the 1 hour mark and went to the back of the theater and stretched a bit, etc. Turns out tho that my pre-screening hydration schedule worked out perfectly: I didn't need to leave to pee during the screening.

[–] wilberfan 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

A Boomer here, and I'm finding these comments to be very interesting--mostly because I'm realizing I agree in many cases! Far from prudish, just last night I fast-forwarded past the sex scenes in the first episode of a new streamer series. "Yeah, yeah, I get it...you're hot for each other. Can we move it along, please?"

[–] wilberfan 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. I've been putting serious mileage on a pair of Xeros. Soles are lasting way longer than my LEMs.

[–] wilberfan 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought so too!

[–] wilberfan 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect you're correct.

Regarding Horace & Pete: I just finished a re-watch. I think it's brilliantly done.

[–] wilberfan 2 points 1 year ago

Tried three times to get thru it. So for me, literally unwatchable. 🤷‍♂️

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