The Duke Mitchell Film Club. 5th birthday. I read the declaration. It was my first time there, at The Lion pub. As no friend showed up, I decided to learn using my camera. Until the screening started upstairs. There were nice lights, good music in the background, pictures of drive-in theatres on the screen like this and this, this, this, this... What would it be like screening a film onto a fractured, rusty drive in screen? The evening of fun started with Evrim's introduction and an intro film, and then we could choose between two 'Trailer Trash' compilations to see. We watched the first one, collected by Alex, which was the first one that was screened at the first screening of The Duke (if I remember well). Please watch these. Massacre Maffia Style, second time I see this trailer and now I want to see the film as well. And I really want to make a film with a shotgun scene in it. That is for sure. Or a film about a guy who wants to make a film with a shotgun scene in it. Bucktown. Shotguns! The Pink Angels. South indian rock & roll musical. Vibraton. Hot Rods to Hell. Police Women. The Young Runaways. Carmen BAby. Quiz for prizes. Then we chose to see Ducked and Covered, Australian survival guide to post apocalypse. Then, quiz for prizes. You were shown stills of board games/video games and had to find out which film they were made of. Images like this. Dawn of the Dead board game. Twin Peaks board game. Friday the 13th video game. It's interesting to see this stuff. Texas Chainsaw retro video game. Halloween. Waterworld . Escape from New York. Board game cover design. More trailers. Heartbreaker - great music, people tapping their feet, nod, tap. Buckstone County Prison. Meet the Hollowheads. Murder by the Book. Dark Incal. Phantom of the Ritz. Angel. Make sure to watch The Room.
Then came more fun. Commercials collected by Alex. Commercials of Stan Freberg, Jeno's Pizza Rolls for instance, and more. Psychedelic Levi's commercials narrated by Ken Nordine, this here for example, and this. Good to see it on youtube to get the idea, but on a screening you get good quality, large scale, darkness, people to share the experience with and someone passionate and alive who talks you through stuff, and many of the films are rare finds and are not available online. Dark, nightmare flavor commercials by Joe Sedelmaier, Federal Express, Southern Airlines (disgusting quality), Wendy's, and another one. I hate commercials. These are interesting. And there were more, but I can't find them... Then came more commercials. Hagoromo tuna. Streetsounds 18. AFri Cola. Evrim's slots with Allstate Insurance commercial, Rabies commercials, a pushchair safety animation, Play Safe - Kites and Planes, nuclear war safety video, escalator safety Stand still!, Billy Blunders, electricity can kill.
A Day with the Boys to give an end to the evening, a rather dark mood short photographed by Laszlo Kovacs. Image is so powerful on its own. Experiment. Film and experimentation for its own sake.
Thank you for yesterday, great show! I wouldn't have got a fraction of this fun in a normal cinema.
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