The Silent Movie Theatre
611 N Fairfax Ave
323.655.2510
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The Whole Shootin' Match
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Friday Jan 25, 2008 (8pm)
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- Price
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$10
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Eagle Pennell's 1979 paragon of regional filmmaking, The Whole Shootin' Match, observes the lives of two backwoods dreamers (Lou Perry and Sonny Carl Davis) with a languorous cinematic eye. Shot on a shoestring budget in black-and-white, Pennell's film dotes on the Texans' indolent, alcoholic days and shifty enterprises (like raising chinchillas). Apart from their half-baked schemes, the two underachievers spend their time with family, out hunting, or at honky-tonks. But while Pennell's story is colored by an unspoken melancholy, it's redeemed by the film's many rough charms.
