Wed.March 03.2010 RED RIDING:1974

We forgot to do a portrait last week; Megan, who was out of town, promised to do a drawing of how she imagines movie night was; I think that the picture will end up insulting; she didn't disagree. Portrait coming soon. This WEDNESDAY we have Red Riding Trilogy 1974. It promises to be British; Depressing; and realllllllly good.

The A.V. Club says:

Red Riding remains a remarkable achievement. Reduced to bare description, its desperate dames and crooked cops resemble the stuff of Noir 101, but the series owes more to the moral murk of James Ellroy’s L.A. and the civic spiderweb of The Wire than conventional thrillers. This is as much psycho-geography as genre exercise. The murders and other mysteries end up feeling like byproducts of the region’s difficult move away from a rural past toward an uncertain future; dead girls and plans for shopping malls have a way of getting tangled up together.

Aguirre Wrath of GOD! Wed. February 24, 2010

Wed. Feb 24
Werner Herzog's Aguirre: Wrath of God + Werner Herzog eats a shoe
Daanish's Apt in the loop (call/text for directions)

Monday night at Borders, Jeremy (from treasure aisle and Erika's boothmate)told me that Werner Herzog just drinks beer and eats potatoes. I don't know how serious he was, but I've got beer, potatoes and respect for Werner. The trailer kinda speaks for itself on this one. OOO Special pre-show video: Werner Herzog eats a shoe. Literally. Why? B/c he lost a bet with Errol Morris. After the trailer, find a video of Werner getting shot at (via air rifle)during an interview with Mark Kermode, and brushing it off by saying "it's not a significant bullet".
AND THEN FINALLY
A picture from the last movie night.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

Wednesday February 17, 2010
HOUSE OF THE DEVIL 7pm
at the demon's sublease! (or my apartment in the loop)
Megan's making devil food cupcakes.
and we'll probably get pizza or something.

AV CLUB interview with the Director

A Serious Man? I'm Serious, man.

My Apartment This Wed @ 7pm. In the loop, behind Cicero's on Syracuse. Email/call/text for directions. Matzo snacks? Bagel Dogs? Come and Find out.

WED FEB 3 Muhammad Ali: The Greatest by William Klein

Tonight a great documentary by William Klein about Muhammad Ali. William Klein is best known as a photographer, and this movie is full of striking images. http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-04-08/film/radical-cheek/1

We'll figure out how to do Love Exposure with your help please. Pretzels, strawberry shortcake ala erika, and maybe something else for food. I'm thinking Devil's Foodcake, given this quote from an interview between Muhammad Ali and the recently deceased Howard Zinn:

"We've been brainwashed. Everything good is supposed to be white. We look at Jesus, and we see a white with blond hair and blue eyes. We look at all the angels; we see white with blond hair and blue eyes. Now, I'm sure there's a heaven in the sky an it colored folks die and go to heaven. Where are the colored angels? They must be in the kitchen preparing milk and honey. We look at miss america, we see white. We look at miss world, we see white. We look at miss universe, we see white. Even tarzan, the king of the jungle in black Africa, he's white. White Owl Cigars. White Swan soap, White Cloud tissue paper, White Rain hair rinse, White Tornado floor wax. All the good cowboys ride the white horses and wear white hats. Angel food cake is the white cake, but the devils food cake is chocolate. When are we going to wake up as a people and end the lie that white is better than black?"

A quick interview with William Klein: