Cast and Crew Auditions for Joe O’Connor’s New Film

Movies are just fluff, right? Rest stops for escapism before easing back into our daily routines. They rouse our emotions for a short while, but the fire cools soon after. Rarely do we allow them to adjust our actions and change us in some fundamental, lasting way. If a film possesses this revolutionary spirit, it would surely rock the sociopolitical order.

Filmmaker Joe O’Connor is working on his own “revolution” of sorts, with the perfect city

Can you guess what movies Thom Andersen uses to illustrate the following ideas in his smart and playful video essay, Los Angeles Plays Itself? (Hint: Here’s a list)

“Through Union Station’s corridors and grand lobby have passed gangsters, drug dealers, political protesters, munchkins, even an alien in heat disguised as a railroad conductor.”

“Whenever the legitimacy of authority comes into question, Hollywood responds with disaster movies. And whenever there’s a disaster movie, there’s George Kennedy.

We are excited to reprise the much-lauded Los Angeles Plays Itself this Sunday, March 27 at 7pm (with director Thom Andersen in attendance).  I first saw this a few years back when the Film Forum first played it, and have been trying to get my paws on a long-unavailable dvd copy ever since. (Rumors that the film would never be released due to the sheer amount of copyrighted footage in it have gone unfounded, but are not unrealistic in my opinion.) Friends, family, fellow cineastes who have

Attention all cash-strapped internet fans and cheapskate dates!  This Friday’s Ambient Intimacy event with the Beta Society is now buy-one-get-one-free!

You can buy your first ticket right now (and we’ll let you bring your date for free the night of the show).

This is a very cool deal for a very cool show.  Stay tuned for even more details:

This program will explore ways in which those intimate moments make their way into the public sphere.  Ambient Intimacy presents a selection of the