SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our MARCH MUSICAL MADNESS Series, Thursday, March 9, 2023
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.
7:30pm LABYRINTH (1986, dir. Jim Henson, Swank, UK/USA, 101mns, 35mm)
9:45pm MOONAGE DAYDREAM (2022, dir. Brett Morgen, NEON, UK, 134mns, DCP)
Bowie. Bowie. And again Bowie.
One can not overstate the massive impact David Bowie, his music, and his restless experimentation has had on music in the last 50 years. Tonight we show two of the great cinematic contributions showcasing this amazing artist.
First up is the trippy muppet fairy tale Labyrinth directed by none other than muppet mastermind Jim Henson that finds a teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) thrust into a looking glass world where the Goblin King, Jareth (Bowie), holds her baby brother hostage in a castle at the center of a huge maze.
Bowie, all glammed out in a kind of wink to his 70’s phase, even sings a song my whole generation knew as kids after seeing the movie (“Who’s got the power of the babe, what babe? The babe with the power, what power-“).
Partly based on Maurice Sendak’s children’s book Outside Over There, Labyrinth is a visual feast and a sly Alice in Wonderland riff on our obsession with pop and music idols.
Next is last year’s wildly mind-blowing Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream which Neon is graciously letting us screen at the Secret Movie Club Theater.
Filmmaker Brett Morgen was given hours and hours of never before seen or rare footage by the Bowie estate including performances, backstage moments, home movies, and interviews. He crafted NOT a musical bio-pic but rather a kind of BOWIE EXPERIENCE. Though ultimately one does get a deeper sense and appreciation for the artist himself.
Bowie was always about pushing himself into the deep end and trying new things. Morgen decided to embrace that aesthetic in making his documentary and so we get a 2 hour experience of soul shaking proportions rather than just a talking heads regurgitation on life story beats we already know.
David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Prince stand as maybe the most influential singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. Bowie was taken from us for too soon.
Bowie will live forever.
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
*Please note that though we strive to always show titles on 35mm film if advertised, we may have to screen digitally if the print we receive is in such bad shape or if we don't receive the print in time because of a shipping delay. We will do our best to alert the audience. When this does occur, we will offer each ticket holder who chooses not to attend a complimentary ticket to a future event in exchange. (Disclaimer: Good for 90 days – Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
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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 to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
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 also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
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