SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our DARING DOCS & MARCH MUSICAL MADNESS series! Saturday, March 26, 2022
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.
7pm ITALIAN AMERICAN (1974, directed by Martin Scorsese, Janus, 49mns) & AMERICAN BOY (1978, dir by Martin Scorsese, Janus, 55mns)
930p THE LAST WALTZ (1978, dir by Martin Scorsese, Park Circus, 117mns, 35mm)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***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 an exemption, please have proof of a negative PCR level 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 WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING 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!
Tonight we show three documentaries by Martin Scorsese made during the very intense period of his life from 1974 through 1978 .
These movies, made during Scorsese's rise as a director from MEAN STREETS and TAXI DRIVER, a rough divorce, and a rough personal time with drugs & alcohol, would culminate with Scorsese's hospitalization and road to recover with RAGING BULL and beyond.
They are also (as with so many Scorsese movies) deeply personal, honest, searching, hilarious, stylish documentaries that address three key Scorsese obsessions: his family/Italian-American heritage (Italian American), men behaving badly and then seeking redemption (American Boy), and music (The Last Waltz).
Italian-American is a captivating short documentary where Scorsese lets his Mother and Father (Catherine and Charles, often seen in cameos in his movies) tell stories of their lives and the lower east side neighborhood.
American Boy again adopts the "story-telling" format to allow Scorsese's good friend Steven Prince (who many know as the manic gun salesman in Taxi Driver) to tell a series of crazy stories of his life dealing with heroin addiction, violence, and the fast line in the music world.
We'll screen these two as a single event, take a 20 minute intermission, then return with the second half of the night:
Scorsese's amazing music doc/concert film about The Band The Last Waltz. Still considered the gold standard (or should it be the platinum standard) when it comes to mixing concert footage and behind the scenes interviews, The Last Waltz details the last concert The Band ever gave before their amicable decision to break up.
The concert is a stunning who's who of 1960's and 1970's rock including performances by Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, among many many others who come onstage to jam with the Band.
At the same time, Scorsese cuts to interviews with the Band Members as they tell the story of their careers and their fatigue with "the Road".
Scorsese has been lifelong friends with Band frontperson Robbie Robertson (who often does the music supervision on Scorsese movies) and The Last Waltz also captures a moment in time for the two of them that was extremely impactful.
And incredible doc all the way around. And we've got in on 35mm!
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.
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.
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