Kenyon Film Society Allstus
Spring 2000
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Hello, members of the Kenyon community. The transfer of power has
been even smoother than that of Russia for the KFS (meaning the tape actually got here), so! We wish to invite
you to the kickoff film for this semester:
LOCK, STOCK, & TWO SMOKING BARRELS
Wednesday, January 19th
Higley Auditorium
10:15 PM
Cardsharks, the mob, debt, larceny; it's got action, it's got comedy, it's got violence, and it's British. We'll
bring some schedules for the upcoming semester as well. So there.
LOCK, STOCK, & TWO SMOKING BARRELS
Do not fear, man, you are in the good hands of,
Seth and Hannah
co-presidents
True? False? We shall see this weekend with
RUN LOLA RUN
8:00
Friday, January 21
Higley Auditorium
and
VELVET GOLDMINE
8:00
Saturday, January 22
Higley Auditorium
RUN LOLA RUN is the acclaimed German action film that won Audience Choice Award at the Sundance Film Festival and
went on to become an art-house smash. The action centers around Lola, who must get 100000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend.
If she fails, he will be knocked off by the mob. The results of her task are revealed in three possible scenarios.
This one's on DVD, y'all.
VELVET GOLDMINE is the story of a fallen glam rocker, who faked his death to escape the constraints of his alter
ego. When his fans find out, he is ruined, and in 1984, a reporter who was a great fan goes back to examine his
past and to reconstruct the events in a Citizen Kane-ish fashion. Stunning visuals and Ewan McGregor, for those
concerned.
Androgynously,
Seth and Hannah
So, once again we meet, my love. This time, we (the kind, sensitive
members of the KFS) simply must tell you about
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
Wednesday, January 26
Higley Auditorium
10:15
You see, Fionna, ten, goes to live with her grandparents in a small Irish fishing village, after her baby brother
is washed out to sea in a cradle. While living in the village, she finds out about a local legend which places
a strange creature somewhere up her family tree. What unravels is mysterious and fantastic, and director John Sayles
caught mad props for it.
Thank you so much, all of you who were part of the immense crowd for Run Lola Run this weekend, and for those of
you who wanted to be part of the immense crowd but couldn't because it was immense. And to the Velvet Goldmine
crowd as well, which was not as immense, but got to see Ewan McGreggor naked.
From the people who care,
Seth and Hannah
Dear Kenyon Community,
This weeked, your beloved members of the KFS have, by a wide margin, voted for a John Waters weekend. Yes, none
other than the man who, besides getting a leading role in Woody Allen's new film, is famous for saying that "if
an audience member vomits, it is like a standing ovation." Therefore, we are pleased to present
PECKER
Friday, January 28
Higley Auditorium
8:00
and
PINK FLAMINGOS
Saturday, January 29
Higley Auditorium
8:00
PECKER is Waters' most recent film, following the life of a Baltimore 18-year old who is employed at a local sandwich
shop, whose photos of his bizarre family and neighbors suddenly get picked up by a New York art dealer. He is consequntly
labelled as a genius. The overnight sensation finds that his low-key lifestyle is no longer what it used to be,
for his friends or his family. The eternal question of whether or not to sell-out is addressed. For those of you
with weaker stomachs, this would probably be a better introduction to John Waters than....
PINK FLAMINGOS, billed as "an exercise in poor taste" follows
the chronicles of "the filthiest people alive! Their loves, their hates, their unquenchable thirst for notoriety!"
SO, basically this film is the epitome of John Waters' unique philosophy of filmmaking. Chock full of gut-wrenching
scenes that one of my friends from home was proud to say that he sat through it without having to close his eyes
once, this is an experience that you just need to have. Really. And we'll be showing it on 16mm, so you can go
an give John Waters "a standing ovation" between reels.
Exquisitely,
Seth and Hannah
-not eating on Saturday
Hello members of the Kenyon Community. We, your passionate friends
in the KFS, invite you to our first film for the KFS observation of Black History Month. So! We present:
GLORY
Wednesday, February the Second, 2000
Higley Auditorium
10:15
dir. Edward Zwick. Matthew Broderick - Denzel Washington - Morgan Freeman - Cary Elwes (yeah Wesley!)
Stunning performances on all sides, (Denzel Washington won Best Supporting actor for this) for those of you entusiastic
about seeing ferris bueller get clobbered by racist civil war dudes, this'll be a real treat... The film is based
on the memoirs of Colonel Robert Shaw, who volunteered to lead the first brigade of black soldiers during the civil
war. Oscar - winner for Best Cinematography, best sound Referred to, by Leonard Maltin, as one of the greatest
historical dramas ever made, as well as being the inspiration for our renowned chess club leader,
Noah. Watch for the digital watch and rubber bayonets.
Patriotically,
Seth and Hannah and Noah
you find yourself on the verge of tears, clutching your heart, considering
nihilism. Ah, it is near to Valentine's Day, and ah, your heart has been
ripped from your chest, squeegeed of all possible feeling, trod upon in golf shoes, and made into a tetherball.
THE KFS KNOWS!!! We are funded by the college to keep down Caples-jumping, and to keep our funding, we have Strategically
planned it so that there is no need to sulk in one's room, whipping oneself, and forcing oneself to watch Vegas
Vacation. Nay! To get those monster-trucks of love reved up to crush the opposition, we present you with
EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN
Friday! Friday! Friday!
Higleyyyyy Auditorium!!!
8:00
and
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Higleyyyyy Auditorium!!!
8:00
As we, the exceedingly passionate members of the KFS, know how to whet your appetite for love, we bring you, on
Friday night, a cute little Taiwanese (note: FOREIGN) film by Director Ang Lee. Chu, a remarkable chef, lives with
his three unmarried daughters (a chemistry teacher, airline exec, and a fast food worker). Although the generations
often clash, the family is held together by Chu's incredible (really, it's worth seeing just to watch him cook)
Sunday dinners for the family. The film follows the daughters as they stumble about in the quest for romance, the
teacher trying to avoid old maid-hood, the fast-food worker taking a rebellious motorcycler boyfriend, an the airline
exec in the middle of it all. The father carries on modestly but deftly, keeping it all together. You may want
to save dinner until later, or bring something with you, because hunger (yes for love as well, but primarily for
good Taiwanese cooking) will most likely overtake you.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.
Okay, I think we all know about this one, but if not, here are reasons why you
should see it.
1)Shakespeare is romantic
2)Romantic films (not to mention period pieces) are romantic
3)English accents are (foreign (exotic) and) romantic
4)Rewriting the past rules. (at least if Tom Stoppard does it).
There. And I didn't even have to mention Gwenyth Paltrow.
From the people who will get you da hook up,
Seth and Hannah
And if these still fail to cheer you up, remember to remind yourself that
Valentine's Day in shorthand is V.D.
PANTHER
Wednesday, February 16
10:15
None other than Higley Auditorium
Written by Melvin Van Peebles (who also wrote the novel) and directed by his son Mario Van Peebles, this film is
a semi-historical account of the formation of the Black Panthers in Oakland, coming about in response to the casual
oppression they witnessed around them every day. The MVP's also include historical footage.
It may interest you to know that Bobby Brown has a small part in this film.
Standing up for your rights,
Seth and Hannah
Yes, you. THe KFS knows, you depraved people. You watched THE IMMORTAL
BARD fall in love last weekend. We at the KFS know. So, give the brother his just due, and come to
RICHARD III
Friday, February 18
Higley Auditorium
10:15
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
Saturday, February 19
Higley Auditorium
10:15
It's Richard III. You k now. I think we have the most recent version, but I am not quite sure. But it's Richard
III! It has endured generations! And you, with your Terminator movies, ha! 20 years! That is nothing to 400. 400
is 20 times 20 years. I think that this is the most recent, however, set in a facist England in the 1930s. Come
to it. We will see.
10 Things I Hate About You is a modern rendition of Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew, set in a 90's high-school.
Bianca Stratford cannot start dating until her shrewish sister does. Therefore, a Joey Donner, who wants to connect
with Bianca, sets her sister Kat up with Patrick Verona. Hijinks ensue. Yep
Here for thou,
Seth and Hannah
Yes, we at the KFS are excited, very excited, very excited to an
extent unprecedented in probably the history of the KFS, which I assure you has had its share of serious uppers,
to be presenting this MONUMENTAL CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE right here in Gambier, Ohio FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!! YES,
without further ado, may we extend an invitation to you for
SLAM
Wednesday, February 23
Higley Auditorium
10:15 (we mean it this time)
Okay,
now that we have completely extinguished that budding passion flowing from your bosom, let us remind you that this
is still a quality film to be seen, for the sixth or seventh time. Gets better with every viewing. Believe us.
That is why we are bringing it to you, once again, this Wednesday. For those of you who are first timers for the
film (i.e. visiting from Oberlin): SLAM, a captivating film about a man named Ray Joshua, raised in the brutal
"Dodge City" district of D.C., a part of town ravaged by gang violence. While talking to a drug dealer,
the dealer is shot and Ray is arrested. In a prison separated by two rival gangs, Ray struggles to make sense of
things through his newly-discovered gift of poetry. Saul Williams, who recently visited Kenyon, stars, which resulted
in yet another showing of SLAM. But! For those of you who have witnessed the magic not once not twice but SEVERAL
times, WITNESS IT AGAIN. Or, for you Oberlin students, welcome to Kenyon, we are the Kenyon Film Society.
From the people who brought you SLAM,
Seth, Hannah, the KFS, and nearly every other organization on campus
Keeping the magic alive
The KFS is proud to present another theme weekend...THIS WEEKEND.
Yes, Friday and Saturday both feature TIM ROBBINS IN JAIL. Yes, TIM ROBBINS IN JAIL WEEKEND is happening THIS WEEKEND!
YES
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Friday, February 25th
Higley Auditorium
8:00
DEAD MAN WALKING
Saturday, February 26th
Higley Auditorium
8:00
Yes, the man himself brings to you the harsh, brutal facts of U.S. prisons with flashy cinematography and Sean
Penn.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, based on the novel based on a true story, is a fine fine film that follows none other
than TIM ROBBINS, who has been convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. So, right after that, we find TIM
ROBBINS IN JAIL, trying to cope with prison life, and befriends Morgan Freeman. There are more scenes of TIM ROBBINS
IN JAIL. Eventually, TIM ROBBINS hatches a plan to better the prisons, etc. The point is TIM ROBBINS IS IN JAIL.
Not that we have anything against TIM ROBBINS in the KFS. Otherwise, we would not have had TIM ROBBINS IN JAIL
WEEKEND. In fact, antoher TIM ROBBINS film is coming up as well (Bob Roberts). Anyway, back to TIM ROBBINS IN JAIL.
TIM ROBBINS is not actually in jail in DEAD MAN WALKING, but he wrote the screenplay and directed it, and the movie
is chock full of TIM ROBBINSISMS. Yes, also based on true story, DEAD MAN WALKING stars Seam Penn as a death row
inmate, guilty of murdering two children. Susan Sarandon, wife of TIM ROBBINS, stars (and won Academy Award for
best actress), playing the role a nun who recieves a letter from this man, asking for help in advoiding the death
sentence. Once she meets him, she must help him come to terms with his crimes, realize the pain of the family of
the dead, as well as finding out herself how to care for the man while reailzing the heinousness of his crime.
Both of these movies caught mad props, so if you love TIM ROBBINS, come! If you hate TIM ROBBINS, you get to see
him in JAIL.
So there.
Exquisitely,
Seth and Hannah
M
Wednesday, March 2nd
Higley Auditorium
10:15
Ein film von Fritz Lang
A child murderer is running loose in Berlin. The police search endlessly, but they cannot find him. An immense
public hysteria results. With this commotion, the Berlin underworld finds it hard to operate, and so those involved
in it resolve to catch the murderer to relieve the tensions.
This is a classic film by Fritz Lang (Director of METROPOLIS), and stars Peter Lorre (whose whistling was dubbed
by Fritz Lang in the movie). This was one of the first German movies with sound. Lang was forced to switch the
title of the movie since the Nazi Party thought it was referring to them, which was not a bad guess (the title
was "The Murderers Are Among Us"). It'll be a good way to relieve midterm tension. This version is a
restored version, trying to make it closer to what Fritz Lang's vision of the film was.
Hysterically,
Seth and Hannah
THERE IS NO EXCUSE. I AM WRITING IN BIG LETTERS TO SOUND MORE AUTHORITATIVE.
SO.
JOHNNY STECCHINO (Johnny Toothpick)
Written by, directed by, and starring none other than ROBERTO BENIGNI
Wednesday, March 22
Higley Auditorium
10:15 PM
This is the man who brought you Il Mostro and Life Is Beautiful. He was in Down By Law as well as Night On Earth
by Jim Jarmusch. He even starred in Fellini's last film. But even without all of these...THERE IS NO REASON TO
MISS HIM on WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY (Il Mostro), or SATURDAY (Life Is Beautiful). I promise you. You will not regret
it. This one here is a lil comedy about organized crime, but I will reveal no more, you must see it. Really. You
can say nothing that will convince me that you must do otherwise.
Emphatically,
Seth and Hannah
Don't you forget now.
Okay, y'all, I am just coming down off of the high that Johnny Stecchino
has put me in, as well as all of your fortunate friends who attended. THE MAN IS BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT, YES. SO,
it is my far-reaching and 500 horsepower pleasure to tell you that we have got
IL MOSTRO (THE MONSTER)
Friday, March 24
Higley Auditorium
8:00
BY ROBERTO BENIGNI
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E BELLA)
Saturday, March 25
Higley Auditorium
8:00
BY NONE OTHER THAN THE AWE-INSPIRING ROBERTO BENIGNI
No, there is just no excuse. There was a good crowd, not a Run Lola Run crowd tonight, but a good one, but it must
be better. THERE IS NO EXCUSE. I WILL NOT TOLERATE IT. Really, it may be a few days, a few weeks, perhaps months
or years, but one day, you will say, "you know, those crazed KFS people really knew what time it was, and
yes! I want to live!" You don't believe me. It is natural. It takes time and patience. But let me tell you!
These movies, ach, they are so beautiful. I frown upon petty excuses. These films are nearly as good as having
THE MAN HERE HIMSELF (mostly because he doesn't speak much English, though I know this will be scoffed at by language
majors).
So. The movies. IL MOSTRO is a wild farce about a loveable kleptomaniac who happens to be mistaken for a crazed
rapist-killer. I think this is a pretty good summary, because, you know, you will want all of the wild comic invention
that is Roberto Benigni to be fresh and a scintillating treat to restore some of your jaded faith in mankind. Really,
this isn't some type of cultish thing. Granted, we are in a small,
secluded place, and you will be in a room for roughly 90 minutes or so. But, ah, they will be minutes forever chiseled
into your brain, and not like Pink Flamingos was.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. What can I say? The man caught mad props for this (though I assure you that each the movies
we are showing are just as stupendous). LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. Award-winning. The heartwarming story of a man trying
to save his son's innocence amidst the chaos of the holocaust. It is incredibly funny as well, so get on over to
Higley. We hook you up.
Subtly,
Seth and Hannah
Roberto Benigni. He makes life beautiful.
OO
Okay, sorry about that. I got worked up. But (insert) YOU WILL BE TOO, WHEN YOU REMEMBER TO ADD THESE TWO MOVIES
TO YOUR SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK!
Next Wednesday, the 29th of March:
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN
One of Terry Gilliam's favorites...so much so, it's trailer is even on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD,
though the two films are somewhat different, one could say. Visually, you will be left exhilirated. Incredible
cinematography. This is also one of those films I will urge you to see, with vehemence unmatched, that is, until
perhaps 8 1/2 or Fear And Loathing In Las- nevermind. See them all, including...
Next Friday, the 31st of March
TOUCH OF EEEEEEEEEVIL (restored version)
It's Orson Welles. It is a classic. It is how he wanted it (or closer to it) now. There is no more that needs to
be said.
Small bit of trivia I just picked up as well, to further feed my Benigni madness: Johnny Stecchino is the highest-grossing
movie ever in Italy.
So there. You know what this implies.
Even more subtly,
Seth and Hannah
Yes, you want a good chuckle Wednesday nights. Yes, it is the middle
of the week, and, heads imploding from work and social inadequacies, you find yourself wanting to release that
tension by filling the air with your light giggles, guffaws, etc. So! There is nothing quite so funny as a surreal
psychological gothic looking fairy-tale with the guy who played the Beast in TV's Beauty And The Beast (Ron Perlman),
and the directors of Delicatessan and Alien: Resurrection (oddly enough)
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN
Wednesday, March 29
Higley Auditorium
10:15
A film by Caro and Jeunet
Really, it's one of Terry Gilliam's favorites, nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1995 Cannes film festival.
Which is an understatement about this movie's incredible visual offerings...these guys come up with some astounding
visuals, some of the best in the medium. I will summarize the plot, but this mere smidgeon of information really
means nothing when you truly observe the otherworldly greatness that is this film. If I have sounded fanatical
about these past few movies, it is not out of the meager desire to lure Kenyon students to Higley and away from
their mid-week work, lectures, or whirlwind of hedonism; nay, it is because this is a reaaally smashing month for
the KFS, let me tell you. I cannot stress this to you enough, so do not become numb to my entreaties, for they
are genuine, all of them, yes. Krank, a monster created by a mad scientist, cannot have dreams, so he steals the
dreams of children that he has his henchmen to collect. When One's brother is kidnapped (One being the strongman
played by Ron Perlman), he must search for the city. But plot summary is nothing. Just come to the movie tomorrow
and be ready to have your head implode out of sheer wonder instead of those usual anxieties due to social maladjustment.
I swear, you will be amazed.
Unbelievably,
Seth and Hannah
Eeeeeeeeeeevil!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil!!!!!
AHHHaaaahaaha
TOUCH OF EEEEEEEEEEEEVIL (revised version)
Friday, March 31
Higley
8:00
MICROCOSMOS
Saturday, April 2nd
Higley
8:00
TOUCH OF EEEEEEEEVIL. Orson Welles classic, though really, at first, I think Charleton Heston was to direct, and
Welles just to act, though Heston finally gave way...This is the revised version. The studio cut the film against
the wishes of Welles, so he wrote a memo about how the film should be recut, which was given immediate attention
and thrown in the trash. HOWEVER, Charleton Heston, in a plot twist reminiscent of Chandler or perhaps Sandler,
had the memo. So he gave it up and it was recut. SO what you have is a stylistic masterpiece with (for those of
you seeing the jazz tomorrow) Henry Mancini's Latin-rock score figuring around Mexico's chief narc and his wife,
the pursuit of the family of a drug lord, the murder of a rich U.S. developer, a legendary U.S. cop, framing, double-crossing,
and all the other wonderful things that get lots of people to come to KFS movies.
MICROCOSMOS is a trip into the bloody, action packed world of murder, defiance, and survival of the fittest. As
they say, out here, only the strong survive amidst all this vermin. Out here, sex and violence are the only two
ways of life, and there are explicit scenes of both in this film. You gotta eat, you gotta get by; you and your
offspring, gotta look out for your crew. Suicide, homicide, genocide; they all riddle this secret society, yet
they're what keeps it thriving. Kill or be killed, where every day hails a new war in the same grass. A family
movie, reccomended for adults and children alike.
Violently,
Seth and Hannah
You've read the play in high school. Now, see
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Wednesday, April 5th
Higley
10:15
See the wild and wacky adventures of Sir Thomas More struggling to remain strong in his faith as Henry VIII betrays
the Pope! See his wit, his wisdom, and, if you haven't yet got your fill, Orson Welles, alongside Robert Shaw,
Paul Scofield, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Susannah York, Colin Redgrave, and Colin Blakely, dir. by Fred Zimmerman.
It was nominated for 8 oscars, and it got 6 of them, 4 NY Film Critics Circle Awards, 4 National Board of Review
awards, 4 Golden Globes, etc. All the more to tell you that your Wednesday night, it is not complete without Sir
Thomas More.
Silently,
Hannah and Seth
COOKIE'S FORTUNE
Friday, April 7th
Higley
8:00
8 1/2
Saturday, April 8th
Higley
8:00
1. You like subscribing to the auteur theories of film refuted by the special guest speaker for the philosophy
department yesterday, and, with ACCLAIMED DIRECTORS Robert Altman and Federico FELLINI, you wish to assert that
you are, in fact, right.
2. You do not subscribe to the auteur theories of film because they were refuted by the special guest speaker for
the philosophy department yesterday, and wish to see two spectacular films as merely a work of art, or, if you
will, artistless art, and wish to laugh at all of the people coming for reason 1.
3. With your rarefied sense of culture and style, you wwish to assert your suave and inherent superiority, so you
go to art movies and foreign films that help you to look good among your professors and the opposite sex.
4. You are Italian, and, after the immensity that was Roberto Benigni week, will, quite predictably, start maiming
animals if you do not see something else in your inherently superior native tongue soon.
5. To get a free door prize if you are good at naming literary figures in a good round of hangman (and this week,
boys and girls, I know it, I know someone will get that doorprize, I can feel it, and I can take it no longer,
I will give it away even if no one wins 'cause god I want it out of my hands now now now eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
6. YOu love me. You wish to tell me, over and over, ah, lovely Seth, how my affections run like Lake Ontario being
drained by some mad, European bottling company that somehow believes they can sell the water to Americans at twice
the price of soda and assert their inherent superiority over Americans and make their reign complete
7. You have hair, this hair, it does grow like a chia-pet shot with hormones, and it, hungry like Tobias Wolf,
smites many villages with its ultraviolet rays, causing the residents to say, "I was just exhausted from the
act of being polite, get out, Luddite, I will destroy you with my genetic clones" heee heee mi llamo es Seth
und ich bin der KFS furher, heh hehh heh silly americans will buy bottled tap water from me and i weeeeell beeeeeeeee
keeng I smash silly mortals smash.
8. Ipso facto, gargantuan oranutangs smash my noggin, smash, my cranium, it vibrates like snail in paint shaker.
YOu big wooly man. I seth king among kings, i rule like boeing make airplanes. you laugh i smash you in nose you
laugh no more. no more no more reason, reason reason 19th century. hah! you victorian, look at my leg! it is strong,
no? strong, kick sissy victorian in head
8 1/2 You are
We are,
Sceptic and Halfax
Hello, people of Kenyon. I wish to put in my OFTEN DISCOUNTED REMARKS
on this pressing issue facing our campus right now, so as not to offend our guest speaker at tomorrow night's movie,
CINEMA PARADISO
Wednesday, April 12
Higley Auditorium
10:15
Renowned economists would all agree: 16mm costs more to rent. And, yes, as an ode to the grandeur of film (especially
that of this particular film, this immense film, this FOREIGN FILM (for those of you who want to impress a professor,
a potential mate, or who don't like Americans (I added another parenthesis here to make things more complex and
irritating (and that was just to be difficult. Push me. Try to aggrivate my dark urges, I will bite)))), we have
gotten this film on 16mm, we, the kind, considerate KFS. We love you, men and women of Kenyon college, we cannot
help but doing so. So, my HUMBLE OPINION is that you should COME TO THIS TOUCHING STORY of a young boy in a small
Italian town, mesmerized by films (as he would be mesmerized by this film had he been able to see it, although
probably more so than most since it would be about him, and he would most likely find this bizarre, but I digress)
who befriends an old projectionist (kind of like the song "Everyone's Gone To the Movies", but in a kinder,
gentler way). The bond with this man, it leads him through many triumphs, some sorrows, and helps him to follow
his dreams. SO! Bring your girlfriends or boyfriends or both and catch huge amounts of props for not only a feelgood
film, but a FOREIGN feelgood film.
Love,
Seth and Hannah
Dear Members of the Kenyon Community,
You may have recently noticed that there are British people on middle path. We did this to show you that there
are British people, who, as long as their visas remain straight with the immigration department, are people, too.
So, come out and show your support for
BRASSED OFF!
Friday, April 14ish
Higley Auditorium
8:00
THE FULL MONTY
Saturday, April 15
Higley Auditorium
8:00
As part of British Unemployment Weekend, we are showing these two films. These deal with British unemployment.
Case in point: Brassed Off! A film about a mining town being shut down, leaving one very special group of British
people unemployed. When these British people were employed (a status that they no longer have; otherwise we would
not be showing this film for British unemployment week)in the mines, they had a brass band that would play together.
Now, British and unemployed, they have no other choice but to compete in a national competition. When the daughter
of an ex-mine worker steps in with her flugelhorn, more complications come into the lives of these emotionally
torn, unemployed British people.
THE FULL MONTY has naked, emotionally torn, unemployed British people.
Desperately,
Hannah and Seth
et cetera. Look, I haven't had much sleep, so if this email drifts
into the realms of the avant-garde, do not blame me. Rather, you should blame me, even though I swear, with all
of my heart and various other vital organs that I am dedicated to the truth, and the false. But more the truth,
although sometimes the false. ANYWAY, PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS EMAIL, IT IS SURPRISINGLY IMPORTANT. We are
showing
THE EIGHTH DAY
Friday, April 21
Higley Auditorium
8:00
BOB ROBERTS (yes BOB ROBERTS)
Saturday, April 22
Higley Auditorium
8:00
LE HUITIEME JOUR (THE EIGHTH DAY, for those less attentive to detail), written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael,
is the French Equivalent of Rain Man. It concerns a young French man with Down's syndrome and a Belgian businessman.
This businessman, he roams the dangerous streets of the city, torn by rival drug lords and gangs. He a strong kind
of man, though his social life is lacking ever since his wife left him, for no one understands him. Except for
his woman that is. He nearly runs over Georges, the man with Down's syndrome. Georges, on the run from the institution,
comes to him to enlist his help, because his daughter has been kidnapped by rivals. Harry is not sure with this
friendship at first, abusing poor Georges, telling him to shut his mouth, etc. finally, he realizes his folly (gradually),
stating "I got to feeling like a machine, and that's no way to feel." They realize they can help each
other, and in a heartwarming scene, these baad muthas stick it to the man as is needed. Well, what can you say?
The European equivalent is never quite equivalent. They've been shafting us for years with the metric system. I'm
not some type of racist, don't get me wrong. You can dig it.
BOB ROBERTS is also one baaad mutha of a film. Tim Robbins wrote, directed, and starred in it. Here's why you should
see it: Extreme right-wing folk singer-slash-politician, with hit albums like "The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Back", is followed on his political campaign. Oh my sweet lord, what a film. It's smart, it's hilarious, and
if you, like me, did not get enough Tim Robbins in Tim Robbins Goes To Jail weekend, here is another chance to
feast your eyes upon this luscious man. And hear him sing "Drugs Stink".
Oh, oh, how we love you, Kenyon. We want you to come out to this action packed weekend. You are not in danger.
We will not exploit your trust, or falseness.
Love in mighty droves,
Seth and Hannah
Dear Beloved Kenyon,
Believe me, this time, we have it, though I thank those of you who came to represent with our replacement Friday
night. Anyway. French Art Films. Yes. They are good, are they not? So we actually have one owned by a company not
untraceably obscure, so hey, why not come and see
THE DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS (La Vie Revee Des Anges)
Wednesday, April TWENTY-SIXTH
Higley Auditorium
10:15
Yes, those of you who were left unfulfilled by the alternate art movie shown on Friday can now take FULL ADVANTAGE
of the collective guilty conscience of the KFS and talk French with your buddies and professors and feel all artsy
at this film. Yes, and I might just give away a door prize, I don't know. Perhaps.
Anyway, film. Two struggling young women, they become friends and move in with each other as one housesits for
a mother and child who are in the hospital with comas. Isa:gregarious, lively, looking to move south. Marie:angsty,
detached. Isa visits the child, Marie falls in love with a man who she dreams to be the monopolizer of her passions,
etc., and the conflict, for those in drama 11-12, arises. Will their friendship survive Marie's relationship, and
where to go after the flat is reclaimed?
Thanking heaven for the IMDB,
Seth and Hannah
Hello you. Yes, yes, all of you anxious students, with hands atremblin'
out of fear and loathing, awaiting both catastrophe and the promise of brutal displays of savage hedonism awaiting
you during this fateful Summer Send-off Weekend. So, while you still are not numb from abject overstimulation,
might I just put in a small plug for the savage hedonism, sponsored by the savage hedonists at KFS, that will bust
yo head off via
REALLY WEIRD ROAD MOVIE WEEKEND
LOST HIGHWAY
Friday, April 28
8:00
Higley Auditorium
DAVUD LYNCH!!!
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
Saturday, April 29
8:00
Higley Auditorium
TERRY GILLIAM!!!!
Oh, man, they picked the wrong weekend for this concert thing. I mean, this is one of my top picks for the year.
So it should be yours as well.
LOST HIGHWAY, the movie that for one thing brought RAMMSTEIN's aptly titled song, "RAMMSTEIN", to the
public. Besides that, lookah here, it's directed by none other than DAVID LYNCH (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Dune,
The Straight Story) a man of many talents and fabulous hair. In this film, we follow a saxophonist named Fred,
who comes home to find a videotape left on his doorstep. Believing someone broke into the house after watching
it, he informs the police. Soon, he finds himself a suspect in the murder of his wife. Weird. Road Movie.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. (Skip two paragraphs for plot summary, but one
for the shot out to Professor Scott) You know, I haven't seen LOST HIGHWAY, but I hope it is as good as FEAR AND
LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, for when I first experience the majesty that is FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS in late June
of 1998, amidst love problems and unemployment, I went
utterly bonkers. Now, personal testimonies aside, TERRY GILLIAM, ex-Monty Python member and director of Brazil,
Twelve Monkeys, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Fisher King, and The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (if this
was previously unknown to you), has, like David Lynch, got mad skills. I can think of no better American director
to take Hunter S. Thompson's classic American novel to screen.
Here, I will give the shot out to Professor Scott, as promised. For if you are in his American History class, you
would be quite familiar with Hunter S. Thompson's savage journey into the heart of the American Dream, and will
probably want to watch this, since you are very busy and it sticks extremely close to the book. I SEND A SHOUT
OUT TO YOU, PROFESSOR SCOTT. Anyway. Raoul Duke, the thinly-veiled alter-ego of Dr. Thompson, travelling with his
attorney, Dr. Gonzo, and equipped with the most gargantuan collection of mind-bending substances I have ever seen,
sets out for Las Vegas, to cover a dirt-bike race. What follows is what Thompson originally intended as an update
of The Great Gatsby, a comment on the sad state of the American dream after the brief and rapidly fading euphoria
of the sixties, with A WHOLE LOT OF
DRUGS. On this epic journey, Thompson confronts the system, Nixon, American greed and hedonism, and quite a bit
else with mad raving, brutal carnival humor, and quite a lot of wide angles and freaky colors. Depp spent a year
with Thompson in Colorado to get into the part (well worth it) IN SUMMARY, if you don't like Moe, if you don't
like real live savage hedonism, if you have a few free hours Saturday night, Higley. Who knows? I might bring some
extra stuff along Saturday....
Endlessly,
Seth, Hannah, and Professor Scott
There is a surprise film coming up on Wednesday.
You may have noticed that I am writing this email early. This is precisely because it is a surprise film, which
blissfully exempts me from plot synopsis duty.
SO
A FILM NOT NAMED THOUGH WE DO HAVE THE RIGHTS
Wednesday, May 3
10:15
Higley.
So. Since it is a surprise, I can only give you a few hints about this lovely, avant-garde, film about one bad
mutha, on the streets, looking for
green, amidst women bounty hunters and perhaps lounge music. It's not as surprising as the replacement for Le Huitieme
Jour. As DAVID LYNCH said, "Hats! They're great! I wore this real cool one constantly for six years - a ten
gallon cowboy hat. I love Forties movies when everyone wore a hat. Now there are no more hats, and that's a real
shame." He actually said this, I am not making it up. I got it from some geocities website, by some guy named
MIKE HARTMANN. It has nothing about TERRY GILLIAM on it, or DEMI MOORE. I will stop now,
and listen to some CURTIS MAYFIELD to ease this brute tension and this SCORCHING SUNBURN.
Or perhaps FRANK ZAPPA. Or perhaps MOBB DEEP. Or perhaps I will not and will keep typing. Anyway, it's the movie
you know and love you should come see it.
Surprisingly,
Seth and Hannah and Pez, many Pez, yes.