The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
611 N Fairfax Avenue
323.655.2510
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Punk Mix
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Thursday Feb 11, 2010 (8–10pm)
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$10
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Cinefamily presents a cornucopia of deep cuts and other post-punk junk from around the globe. Want a taste? How about Reading Festival '78, a killer short concert doc profiling the punk bands (Sham 69, The Jam, Penetration, a pre-Midge Ure Ultravox) that controversially found themselves on the same festival bill as Foreigner and Status Quo; classic performances from the late '70s/early '80s NYC club circuit that included venues like Danceteria and Hurrah's; and, as the capper for the evening, the Liquid Sky-meets-Salo-meets-Jesus Christ Superstar French post-apocalypse 1983 TV movie Car Cemetery! Directed by Euro master surrealist Fernando Arrabal (Viva La Muerte), the film entirely takes place in a Tim Burton-esque auto junkyard that's the nexus of life after The Bomb goes off; here, mohawked punks party with neon-tinted fashionistas and a Jesus figure in the guise of a synth-pop spiritualist (singer-songwriter Alain Bashung, who also composed the film's rockin' electronic score.) Entirely unseen in the U.S., Car Cemetery will confound, corrode and captivate!
Car Cemetery Dir. Fernando Arrabal, 1983, digital presentation, 90 min.
