SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents

Part of our TAKE A CHANCE CINEMA 2023 Series, Thursday, October 19, 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 1917 Bay St building. Our entrance is NOT on Bay Street. You access our entrance from Wilson Street by turning into the street art alleyway/corridor in the back of the building. Look for our signs which are always posted on Wilson and in the corridor to guide the audience.

7:30pm THE PASSENGER (1975, co wri & dir by Michelangelo Antonioni, Sony Pictures Classics, Italy/USA, 126mns, 35mm)

Jack Nicholson's career-long willingness to take huge chances, work with art house directors, and deliver stunning, subtle, shaded nuanced performances does not get talked about enough.

Yes, Jack Nicholson is a national treasure. Yes, Jack Nicholson is a delight to watch when he's chewing up everything in his path and going big. But Nicholson is also one of America's greatest actors ever and could surprise audiences on a dime with a performance of quiet intensity.

Such is the case in Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni's mid-70's masterpiece THE PASSENGER.

Nicholson plays disillusioned journalist David Locke who decides to switch identities with a dead man he discovers in civil war torn Chad, not knowing that the dead man is an arms dealer.

From there, Locke goes on an odyssey, at first liberated, then confused again by the consequences of trying to escape his former life by taking on a new one. Along the way he meets an unnamed Maria Scheider and strikes up an impermanent romance while his wife Rachel, who has been carrying on an affair of her own, struggles with her feelings about his disappearance.

A deeply mysterious powerful movie with one of the most famous final shots of the 1970's, THE PASSENGER ranks up with BLOW OUT as one of Antonioni's greatest movies.

And one of Nicholson's most fascinating intense performances. Take a chance and watch this international classic on 35mm. The way it was meant to be seen.

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)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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.

HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?

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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.