Hello hello, my it's been a while since there was a film screening---but for this upcoming April Sunday we have a rather interesting Double Feature event. The first screening, while everyone is still able to pay attention, will be Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), the German auteur's most financially successful film and starring Fassbinder muse Hannah Schygulla as the titular heroine. Maria Braun is the first film in Fassbinder's loosely related BRD trilogy (which also includes Lola 1981 and Veronika Voss 1982), a series of melodramas focusing on what is referred to as the "economic miracle" of West Germany's post-war recovery. (WWII that is). BRD stands for Bundesrepublik Deutchland. One of my all time favorite directors, in honor of Fassbinder I will be preparing Apfel Kuchen (Apple Cake) for the occasion.
The second half of the double feature will be a screening of the thematically unrelated American 1986 D-horror film, Troll. Why? Well, a group of friends and I will be attending an upcoming midnight screening of Troll 2 (1990)--which apparently is THE ne plus ultra of bad sequels. And I'm just so anal, I'm making everyone watch the first one. It is at this point where drinks will most certainly be provided. Troll, by the way, is currently being remade by original director John Carl Buechler, but due to some problems with J.K. Rowling, because the original 1986 film centers around a character by the name of Harry Potter (and apparently shares some strangely common themes) it's having a little difficulty. The 1986 film also happened to be the film debut of Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from "Seinfeld") and also stars Michael Moriarty ("Law & Order"). Don't judge! Remember, Jennifer Aniston was in Leprechaun (1993).
So be there, be square, 6PM Central we begin the descent!
The second half of the double feature will be a screening of the thematically unrelated American 1986 D-horror film, Troll. Why? Well, a group of friends and I will be attending an upcoming midnight screening of Troll 2 (1990)--which apparently is THE ne plus ultra of bad sequels. And I'm just so anal, I'm making everyone watch the first one. It is at this point where drinks will most certainly be provided. Troll, by the way, is currently being remade by original director John Carl Buechler, but due to some problems with J.K. Rowling, because the original 1986 film centers around a character by the name of Harry Potter (and apparently shares some strangely common themes) it's having a little difficulty. The 1986 film also happened to be the film debut of Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from "Seinfeld") and also stars Michael Moriarty ("Law & Order"). Don't judge! Remember, Jennifer Aniston was in Leprechaun (1993).
So be there, be square, 6PM Central we begin the descent!
No comments:
Post a Comment