Crooning, rapping, head-banging, jamming-the energy of a live set, the complexity of the creative process, the enigmatic essence of a rock god or goddess.
AFI at ArcLight and Audi of America, Inc. invite you to celebrate the power of music on six consecutive Wednesdays this spring -- April 6 - May 11, 2005.
Showcasing documentaries that go back stage, on tour, behind the scenes -- and
any other place that rocks -- this popular series is delighted to return for
its fourth season. All six screenings will be held at 8 p.m. at ArcLight Hollywood,
6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, with post-parties held after each screening.
Tickets will go on sale March 9.
Sell-out crowds have enjoyed past series favorites THIS IS SPINAL TAP, THE CLASH:
WESTWAY TO THE WORLD, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, WATTSTAX!, HYPE!, FISCHERSPOONER
#1, BIGGIE & TUPAC, THE FILTH & THE FURY and RADIOHEAD: MEETING PEOPLE
IS EASY, with special guests and featured musicians in attendance.
PROGRAM Wednesday April 6, 8:00 PM
TALKING HEADS: STOP MAKING SENSE
1984 99 MIN 35 MM
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
FEATURING: The Talking Heads Post-screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba
Music.
Acclaimed filmmaker Jonathan Demme made his documentary debut with STOP MAKING
SENSE -- a groundbreaking concert film which showcased the wacky exploits of
the seminal bunch of art school dropouts turned arty new wavers known as The
Talking Heads. Demme gets the most out of his subjects. The film begins with
a solo from David Byrne, performing an acoustic version of Psycho Killer, and
soon evolves into a nine-piece band for Take Me to the River. In addition to
Byrne, the Heads include Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz. The
screen behind the band displays a variety of images ranging from words to evocative
images to children's drawings. The end result is a resounding testament to the
band's talent and sense of humor -- and one of the best rock films ever made.
The opening title sequence is worth the admission price alone.
Pauline Kael raved during its 1984 release: "... a dose of happiness from
beginning to end. STOP MAKING SENSE is close to perfection."
Wednesday April 13, 8:00 PM
PASS THE MIC!
2003 52 MIN VIDEO
DIRECTOR: Richard Montes
FEATURING: Mellow Man Ace, Delinquent Habits, Molotov, Psycho Realm, Proper
Dos, Brown Town Looters, Street Platoon, Capone of Latino Jam Records, Lighter
Shade of Brown, Conejo, Aztlan Underground, Seditious Beats (now known as Divine
Forces Radio), ILL-Fame, Rhyme Poetic Mafia
Special Guests Richard Montes and Mellow Man Ace in attendance, with post-
screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba Music.
Capturing two generations of Latino hip-hoppers, respected by their peers and
ignored by the media, PASS THE MIC! gives voice to key figures who have revolutionized
hip-hop culture. Chronicling the suppressed Latino voices of the colorful world
of hip-hop, PASS THE MIC! mixes riveting interviews, exclusive backstage footage
and dope music.
The "Godfathers of Latin Hip-Hop" Mellow Man Ace, Delinquent Habits
and Lighter Shade of Brown recall firsthand the politics and the stereotypes
they faced, talking openly about the late 1980s and early 1990s Latin hip-hop
scene, when they were headlining tours and going gold. The Latin hip-hop sound
crossed cultures and influenced the hip-hop world at large, igniting the Latin
pop explosion to come.
Wednesday April 20, 8:00 PM
DON'T NEED YOU
2003 40 MIN VIDEO
DIRECTOR: Kerri Koch
FEATURING: Mark Andersen, Dasha Bikceem, Sharon Cheslow, Natalie Cox, Kathleen
Hanna, Julie Lary, Ian Mackaye, Madigan Shive, Corin Tucker, Allison Wolfe
Special Guest Kerri Koch in attendance, with post-screening reception featuring
DJs from Amoeba Music.
The Riot Girrls were unapologetic, aggressive, in-your-face activists who acted
out against domination and refused to play by anyone's rules but their own.
Kerri Koch's DON'T NEED YOU documents the origins of the 1990s Riot Grrl movement
of the Pacific Northwest through interviews with its key players. This feminist
movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education and self-awareness
through music, writing, activism and building a women-friendly community, changing
the history of music and feminism forever.
Featuring one-on-one interviews interspersed with rare archival materials,
including original Riot Grrrl fanzines, flyers and photographs, and rare footage
from pioneering Riot Grrrl bands like Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy and Bratmobile.
As Kathleen Hanna wrote in the riot girl manifesto: "I believe with my
whole-heart-mind-body that girls constitute a revolutionary soul force that
can, and will change the world for real." So Garage girls, punk princesses,
metal molls and divas of the underground ... Tune in and get ready to riot!
... Revolution Girl Style Now!
Wednesday April 27, 8:00 PM
MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE
1991 131 MIN 35 MM
DIRECTOR: Alek Keshishian
FEATURING: Madonna, Pedro Almodovar, Antonio Banderas, Warren Beatty, Sandra
Bernhard, Matt Dillon, Olivia Newton-John
Post-screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba Music.
From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in
Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows
Madonna on her 1990 Blond Ambition concert tour. Filmed in black and white,
with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the
work of the music performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each
performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
Madonna offers a no-holds-barred look at her life. This movie reveals Madonna
as she really is, on stage and off-den mother to her family of dancers, sex
goddess to her millions of fans, businesswoman, singer, dancer- the biggest
superstar in the world of music. From the dressing room to the bedroom, the
outrageous and always entertaining singer exposes her every secret -- from her
waning relationship with actor Warren Beatty to her friendship with Sandra Bernhard
and her crush on future EVITA co-star Antonio Banderas. Alek Keshishian directs
this revealing and raucous rock documentary.
Wednesday May 4, 8:00 PM
PUNK: ATTITUDE
Sneak Preview
2005 90 MIN VIDEO
DIRECTOR: Don Letts
FEATURING: Jim Jarmusch, Henry Rollins, MC5, New York Dolls, The Clash, The
Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Chrissie Hynde, The Velvet Underground and many more
Post-screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba Music.
PUNK: ATTITUDE, directed by former DJ Don Letts (THE CLASH: WESTWAY TO THE
WORLD), takes an original, star-studded look at the Punk Rock movement, venturing
beyond the music, beyond the fashion and beyond the hype.
In the mid-1970s, a cultural revolution found its way to the streets of London
and New York. This revolution redefined popular music, film and fashion, threatened
the establishment and popularized an independent, "go-f**k-yourself"
attitude. PUNK: ATTITUDE explores that unique moment in time when classic teenage
rebellion collided with an angry musical and social underworld to create the
Punk Rock movement, becoming an ethos that continues to shape youth culture
to this day.
Wednesday May 11, 8:00 PM
MALFUNKSHUN
World Premiere
2004, 96 MIN VIDEO
DIRECTOR: Scot Barbour
FEATURING: Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, Temple of the Dog, Pearl
Jam, Soundgarden
Post-screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba Music.
At a New Year's Eve party, someone slapped a Temple of the Dog sticker on director
Scot Barbour's leather jacket. He tracked down the band and realized it was
a tribute album to Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Finding the only released
Mother Love Bone CD in one of those 12-for-a-penny clubs, he knew he had a movie
to make.
On March 19, 1990, after three days in a coma, Andrew Wood was removed from
life support and died. Rock and roll would never be the same. Wood's band Mother
Love Bone had been the focus of a major record label bidding war and now, just
two weeks away from the release their highly anticipated debut album Apple,
they were gone. MALFUNKSHUN brings Wood's story to light. From his amazing yet
haunting lyrics, to his family life, his struggles, dreams and his reason to
live.
MALFUNKSHUN is a documentary tribute about how one performer's life became
the inspiration for some of Seattle's greatest musicians, and how his death
ended the era of commercial hard rock while giving birth to grunge. Here, his
compelling story is told through his music, his family, friends, band mates
and never before seen interviews with Andy himself. These interviews are interwoven
with rare concert and candid footage, as well as an amazing soundtrack that
includes the bands Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog and an unreleased
Andrew Wood solo.
Despite his short life, and the equally short-lived Mother Love Bone, the music
and the legend that Wood created live on.
Tickets will go on sale March 9 and are $11; $10 for ArcLight, AFI and Skirball
members, including four hours of parking for $1. If there is a reception indicated
for a film in the series, your ticket to the screening acts as your admission
to the reception.
To order advance tickets beginning March 9, go to www.arclightcinemas.com,
call 323.464.4226 or visit ArcLight Hollywood's box office at 6360 W. Sunset
Blvd. (at Ivar). Admission prices may vary depending on event.
About Audi of America, Inc.
Audi's history in America dates to 1969, when the brand was first introduced
to the U.S. market. Always an innovator, Audi offered a range of front wheel
drive sedans to a market that scarcely understood the advantages to this now
well-established concept. In 1980 quattro was introduced to the U.S. market
as Audi's permanent all-wheel-drive system and 2005 marks the 25th anniversary
of the legendary system.
Audi's success on the road has been match by its success on the track. The
Audi R8 has won the American Le Mans Series Championship for five consecutive
years, a racing dynasty beginning in 2000. The Audi RS 6 returned in 2004 to
the SPEED World Challenge and captured its second manufacturers title in two
years.
The network of over 260 Audi dealers currently offers a line of premium vehicles
that include the all-new Audi A3, the sporty A4 sedan, Avant and Cabriolet models;
the high performance S4 sedan and Avant models; the design- leading A6 sedan
(the A6 Avant will be on sale in July); the all-aluminum Audi A8; the crossover
allroad quattro and the award-winning TT Coupe and Roadster.
Audi of America is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and markets a line
of luxury cars built in plants in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm, Germany and Gyor,
Hungary. The parent company, Audi AG, is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.
About AFI ON SCREEN
As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the
annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
and SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, while offering year-round
programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Eclectic and diverse, AFI at ArcLight is an accessible, year-round program
of film series, directors' screenings, mini-festivals, retrospectives and exclusive
advance screenings presented by AFI in partnership with ArcLight Hollywood.
AFI at ArcLight places classic and contemporary cinema from around the world
into state-of-the-art theatres, featuring the best possible picture and sound.
To complete this unique experience, movie lovers often have an opportunity to
listen to and engage in thoughtful discussions with directors, actors and other
film experts.
Source: American Film Institute
