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Topic: Finding Classics on the Big Screen
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Mark Lensenmayer
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1605
From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 04-20-2009 02:00 PM
The Wexner Center for the Arts has announced its summer schedule. Three of the films will be shown outdoors on the plaza outside the center on the Ohio State campus. If anyone comes by for the outdoor screenings, be sure to get in line early for the Jeni's Ice Cream. Try the Salty Caramel!
All previous outdoor screenings have been in 35mm projected from a truck. They have promised to have O BROTHER in stereo.
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The best marriages of music and image in film leave indelible marks in our memory. Think of Bernard Herrman’s shrieking strings in Psycho’s shower scene or the hypnotic piano coda to Eric Clapton’s “Layla” in Goodfellas. Whether from original scores, familiar compositions and songs, or even the live playing that accompanied silent movies, effectively chosen music can heighten emotion, propel action, create tension, establish historical authenticity, or enhance the director’s intentions in many other directions. Organized by Wexner Center Film Curator David Filipi, Soundtrack Available features films notable for their creative and thoughtful use of popular music as a cinematic element. Many spawned soundtrack albums whose impact equaled that of the films themselves.
Wex Drive-In
Two films from this series—American Graffiti on July 23 and O Brother, Where Art Thou? on August 20—are being presented as free outdoor screenings in our Wex Drive-In series. Come at 8 PM to claim your spot and get ready with drinks (cash bar), snacks, and free popcorn and Jeni’s ice cream. The films themselves will begin at dusk. (In the event of rain or other bad weather, these films will screen in the theater at 9 PM.)
The Wex Drive-In film for June is The Wolf Man on June 18. That night the party begins at 6:30 at a warm-up with DJ True Skillz presented by Gen Wex.
Ticket Info
$5 for Wexner Center members, students, senior citizens
$7 for the general public
Outdoor Wex Drive-In films are free.
Schedule
Thu, July 2
7 PM | 2nd Film 9 PM
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, 1977)
Thu, July 9
7 PM | 2nd Film 9 PM Purple Rain
(Albert Magnoli, 1984)
Beat Street (Stan Lathan, 1984)
Thu, July 16
7 PM | 2nd Film 9:10 PM
Velvet Goldmine(Todd Haynes, 1998)
The Virgin Suicides(Sofia Coppola, 1999)
Thu, July 23 | 7 PM
Dazed and Confused(Richard Linklater, 1993)
Thu, July 23 | Dusk
Wex Drive-In American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
Outdoors on the Wexner Center Plaza
Thu, July 30
7 PM | 2nd Film 8:40 PM
Rushmore(Wes Anderson, 1998)
Manhattan(Woody Allen, 1979)
Thu, Aug 6
7 PM | 2nd Film 9:25 PM
Urban Cowboy(James Bridges, 1980)
The Graduate(Mike Nichols, 1967)
Thu, Aug 13
7 PM | 2nd Film 9:40 PM
Jackie Brown(Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High(Amy Heckerling, 1982)
Thu, Aug 20 | 7 PM
New 40th Anniversary Print
Easy Rider(Dennis Hopper, 1969)
Thu, Aug 20 | Dusk
Wex Drive-In O Brother, Where Art Thou?(Joel Coen, 2000)
Outdoors on the Wexner Center Plaza
Thu, Aug 27 | 7 PM
Magnolia(Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
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Mark Lensenmayer
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1605
From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-05-2009 12:25 PM
The Ohio Theatre in Columbus, OH has announced its 39th Summer Film Series.
I am very sad to say that, due to the difficulty in obtaining prints, they will be showing some features from Blu-Ray DVD.
Highlight for me this season will be the screening of the silent film WINGS, with accompaniment by the excellent Clark Wilson. Clark will be playing before each feature and at intermission (by tradition, all films are shown with an intermission)
Here is this seasons list:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Friday, July 17, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 18, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 19, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
The Awful Truth (1937)
Wednesday & Thursday, July 22 & 23, 7:30 pm daily
SERIES PREMIERE!
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Friday, July 24, 7:30 pm
LATE NITE FRIDAY!
SERIES PREMIERE!
Slap Shot (1977)
RATED R
Friday, July 24, 11 pm
Show Boat (1951)
Saturday, July 25, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 26, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
SERIES PREMIERE!
Dirty Harry (1971)
Wednesday-Friday, July 29-31, 7:30 pm daily
Cartoon Capers
Saturday, August 1, 10 am
King Kong (1933)
Saturday, August 1, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 2, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Rebecca (1940)
Wednesday & Thursday, August 5 & 6, 7:30 pm daily
CHICK FLICK FRIDAY!
SERIES PREMIERE!
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Friday, August 7, 7:30 pm
The King and I (1956)
Saturday, August 8, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 9, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno
SERIES PREMIERE!
The Male Animal (1942)
Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 pm
Henry Fonda, Olivia de Haviland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson
SILENT FILM!
Wings (1927)
Thursday & Friday, August 13 & 14, 7:30 pm daily
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Saturday, August 15, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 16, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Spellbound (1945)
Wednesday & Thursday, August 19 & 20, 7:30 pm daily
LATE NITE FRIDAY!
SERIES PREMIERE!
Evil Dead II (1987)
RATED R
Friday, August 21, 11 pm
Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva, Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler
Cartoon Capers
Saturday, August 22, 10 am
Ben-Hur (1959)
Saturday, August 22, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 23, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
SERIES PREMIERE!
Road to Bali (1952)
Wednesday & Thursday, August 26 & 27, 7:30 pm daily
CHICK FLICK FRIDAY!
SERIES PREMIERE!
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Friday, August 28, 7:30 pm
South Pacific (1958)
Saturday, August 29, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 30, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, France Nuyen, Juanita Hall
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Geoff Jones
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 579
From: Broomfield, CO, USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-01-2009 01:29 PM
I saw The Princess Bride last night at Red Rocks Film on the Rocks. 35mm presentation was good but not great. (Sound was distorted a little at the low end and the ~60 foot image was far too small for the size of the venue.)
There were EIGHT THOUSAND people there (sold out) and many others were turned away. Everyone seemed to have a blast, with lots of cheering and quoting.
It just seems ridiculous to me that classic screenings aren't a bigger part of cinema exhibition.
Granted, some percentage of the draw for this screening might have been the cool outdoor venue, but we're talking about 8,000 people who all paid $10, drove a fair distance (much through crawling traffic) and hiked and climbed for at least 10 minutes to see a movie at 9pm on a weeknight that most of them had seen over and over again, with NO big marketing campaign.
Why are my moviegoing choices normally limited to the only seeing the crap that gets produced these days?
How much does it cost to rent a print of The Princess Bride? Is it something less than the $80,000 that this show brought in? (Not counting concessions, of course.)
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