SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
RE-OPENING RE-DISCOVERING FILM SERIES! Saturday, May 15, 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.
1030pm *DEEP RED (1975, dir by Dario Argento, American Film Genre Archive, 126mns, 35MM)
*Please note this 35mm print has seen some wear and tear. But the heck with it! We're doing Argento in 35mm. If you love 35mm, sometimes it makes it even better. But if you want a pristine flawless film print, this is not the screening to come to. You've been warned.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
**WE ARE OBSERVING ALL COVID HEALTH PROTOCOLS ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY OF LA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (AS DIRECTED 4/17/21).
THIS INCLUDES KEEPING OUR CAPACITY TO A TOTAL OF 49 GUESTS PER SCREENING (under 50% MAX CAPACITY), 6FT DISTANCING, ENFORCED MASK WEARING, ETC.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE PURCHASE ALL TICKETS FOR FOLKS IN YOUR “HOUSEHOLD” AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WILL HELP US KNOW HOW TO LAY OUT THAT NIGHT’S SEATING PLAN. So for example, if you are attending in a group of 3 people all of whom will be sitting together, please purchase ALL 3 TICKETS at the same time.
For the time being, we are capping the maximum “household” number to 4 tickets/4 people who can sit next to each other.
2)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER. While you will be able to order, eat, and drink pre-packaged drinks and concessions in your reserved seating area (always 6 ft apart from other households), you will be required to wear your mask at all other times.
3)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!
4)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!
Tonight, we continue our re-opening week at the Secret Movie Club Theater in DTLA’s Arts District with a screening we had planned to do last March 2020 before COVID shut us down: Dario Argento's all-time great giallo DEEP RED. On 35mm!
Yes. That's right. You're going to get it all. The crazy Goblin score. Argento at the height of his Giallo powers. David Hemmings yet again starring in an Italian's masterpiece (Hemmings was the lead in Antonioni's BLOW UP). All on 35mm!
DEEP RED is a kind of variation and development of Argento's THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE in which Marcus (Hemmings), a jazz musician, is eyewitness to a horrible murder. As Marcus gets pulled into the twisted investigation, he discovers the murder is but one in a string starting 20 years back which involve children, potential paranormal communication with the dead, scary dolls (aren't they all).
DEEP RED is often considered THE BEST GIALLO of all time. If you've never seen a giallo you're in for a treat. Often misthought of as slasher-horror, the Italian Giallo is more like a soft-core Euro Scooby Doo (if that interests you more) in which, yes, there is often moments of graphic violence, but overall, you are trying to see if you can solve the murder mystery before everything is revealed in the final reel. They are a ton of fun and filled with that famed Italian cinematic flourish.
So join us and let's do the screening we started a year ago. Tonight. . .we finish it!
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.
WHY ARE THE TICKET PRICES HIGHER THAN NORMAL?
In order for us to re-open, maintain health protocols (which includes operating at only 50% capacity), and screen movies on 35MM, we need to temporarily raise our ticket prices. We apologize.
However, if you could look at this as partially helping the Secret Movie Club Theater re-open, make the improvements as we go to turn this into the amazing movie watching, movie making center we know it can be, we would be eternally grateful.
As we can increase capacity, we will IMMEDIATELY LOWER ticket prices.
If you could look at this as all of us being in this together, we WILL remember your kindness.
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.
We will have a staff member on duty to monitor all cars parked in the street-art alleyway at our entrance.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
HOW WILL OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THE THEATER IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE:
We will have staff in the theater at all times who make sure everyone is wearing masks and obeying protocols. We will have signage at entrance, markings at concessions, restrooms, etc so folks keep 6 ft distance at all times.
Anyone not observing safe protocols will kindly be asked to leave. On top of this, we’ll be making announcements at the head of each screening to make sure everyone understands the rules & regs!
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
You can follow us on Facebook: @secretmovieclub35mm or Instagram/Twitter: @secretmovieclub
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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.