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35mm Wenders' WINGS OF DESIRE @ The Secret Movie Club Theater

  • Secret Movie Club 1917 Bay Street Los Angeles, CA, 90021 United States (map)

SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents

Part of our HOLIDAY MOVIE PARTY series ! Tuesday, December 14, 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 WINGS OF DESIRE(1987, co-wri/dir by Wim Wenders, Janus, 128mns, West Germany, 35mm)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

***Starting November 4th, 2021 ALL AUDIENCE will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL VACCINATION CARD READY BEFORE ENTERING THE THEATER. If you have a religious exemption, please have proof of a negative COVID test within 3 days of the screening.

***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.

***EVERYONE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.

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!

Although not really explicitly a holiday movie, Wim Wenders' wonderful Wings of Desire-about angels who listen in and comfort the unknowing citizens of Berlin which causes one to want to become to human to really participate in the world-feels like one.

Beautifully shot in 35mm black and white by Henri Alekan and starring the always powerful Bruno Ganz, Wings of Desire feels singular in Wenders' body of work. There's really no other movie. . .ever. . .that feels quite like it.

We float through the city with Damiel (Ganz) peering in on the private lives of Germans living in a still-divided Berlin (by the wall just about to fall) until he chances upon a trapeze artist, falls in love, and begins to actively work to find a way to become human and. . .come down to earth to participate.

There are so many amazing movies that were great art house or indie cinema hits of their time that desperately need to get back out there so folks can re-discover them. This is one. One of the key and seminal movies of the 1980's. It also features a hilarious supporting performance by Peter Falk. . .as himself. . .who has a secret to reveal to the angels.

Join us for a holiday treat that just might fill you up with the sense of wonder and love and awe it is just to be human and alive for whatever time the universe allots us.

On a beautiful 35mm print!

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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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:

You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.