SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
FASSBINDER 35MM BIERGARTEN WEDNESDAYS! Wednesday, November 3, 2021
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate. We’ll have staff to help guide/park you.
8pm THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (1972, wri/dir by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Janus, Germany, 89mns)
IMPORTANT NOTE ON 35mm PRINT: Janus has told us that Reel 2 (approx 20 minutes of movie) may have noticeable sound issues . We will have the digital version on standby if we determine it is better to watch those 20 minutes digitally rather than on 35mm. However, WE ARE SCREENING THE 35MM PRINT and will do an inspection/test ahead of time if we feel it better to view 20 minutes of picture digitally.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
***WE STILL RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION AND WE REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE WEAR MASKS.
***PLEASE HAVE A PHOTO OF YOUR VACCINATION CARD READY ON YOUR PHONE AND/OR HAVE IT ON YOUR PERSON FOR EASE OF CHECK IN.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION.
2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.
We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!
3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer your complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!
We head into our final act of Fassbinder movies with one of his absolute bangers The Merchant of Four Seasons. On 35mm!
We are devoting November and December to both making sure we view a few more fascinating Fassbinder deep dives (The Third Generation, Katzelmacher) while also showing his towering masterpieces Berlin Alexanderplatz, In A Year of 13 Moons, his stunning episode from Germany in Autumn, and his fascinating final movie Querelle.
The Merchant of Four Seasons if often considered one of Fassbinder's absolute best alongside The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Ali Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends. It inaugurates Fassbinder's middle period where he moved away from the abrasive Brechtian remove of his early anti-theater phase (though still amazing) and embraced a warmer, Douglas Sirk inspired, melodramatic approach that still allowed him to dial up maximum rage and irony.
Here we follow Hans, a kind hearted fruit peddlar, in 1950's Munich who has the misfortune of actually fighting for the French Resistance/Allies against Hitler. When he returns home, he is ostracized by many Germans for what they view as his "treachery". He takes it all with quiet dignity, marries, has a daughter, sells his fruit.
But as time wears on, Hans' goodness stands in stark contrast to the pettiness and bitterness of all those around him who begin to resent him more and more.
Another stunning Fassbinder portrait of how hard it is to be truly upright in a world that hates you for it. Merchant is one of this programmer's personal favorites.
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR IN-DOOR THEATER SCREENINGS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
There is, however, free parking all around the theater on Wilson and Bay Streets.
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