hah that film played in theaters for 20yrs in our city
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't feel like writing up some big blurb about some film blah blah > blah. I'm gonna play Rocky Horror Picture Show later tonight if anyone is > interested. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show > > Don't get hot and flustered, use a bit of mustard! > > > On 27 April 2013 01:35, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We're still watching! >> >> >> On 26 April 2013 23:52, Michael Kozakewich < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ha, wow, is it already 11:50? I guess I won’t be there. Got some >>> dishes washed, though. >>> >>> *From:* Justin Lacko <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 9:05 AM >>> *To:* Discuss, SkullSpace <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* [SkullSpace-Discuss] Movie Night tonight! >>> >>> It's been a few weeks (months?) so let's have another movie night >>> tonight! >>> >>> I've got some things to do at the space first, but I was hoping to >>> screen The Phantom of Liberty[1] later in the evening. This is the >>> penultimate film made by Luis Buñuel[2] in 1974, who also made Un chien >>> andalou (An Andalusian Dog)[3] with Salvador Dalí (maybe some people know >>> this film). >>> >>> The Phantom of Liberty follows in a similar surrealist vein with >>> Buñuel's other films but in my opinion is easier to follow and understand >>> the imagery and symbolism. (For the weirder and much harder-to-understand >>> film by Buñuel, check out L'age d'or (The Golden Age)[4] which is just... >>> very random...). A brief description from Wikipedia: >>> >>> "*The Phantom of Liberty* is a film that celebrates the notion of >>> chance encounters... The overall structure of the film is one of seemingly >>> unconnected episodes linked together by random encounters. The story is >>> passed from one scene to the next as if the narrative is a relay race: the >>> narrative ‘baton’ is passed on by means of a minor character from one scene >>> becoming the next major character." >>> >>> I find a lot of the scenes very funny and playful; for instance in one >>> scene a man whom we take to be a pervert gives some children some photos in >>> a park. When they take them home to their parents and show them, the >>> parents are shocked at the "disgusting" photos - which are revealed to the >>> viewer to be nothing more than photos of French architecture. >>> >>> As mentioned, I'll be playing this later in the evening so as not to >>> disturb any other activities going on. Hope to see you tonight! >>> >>> ~Justin >>> >>> >>> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_Liberty >>> [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel >>> [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_Chien_Andalou >>> [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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