You are invited to the Bell Robinson household’s 2011 Valentine’s Day Movie Night Double Feature -- Fugacious Follies of Love: The Grass Is Always Greener. Last year’s theme was Bad Romance and we featured Leave Her To Heaven (1945) and Boxing Helena (1993). This year’s theme sees two very different soul sucking women and the men that act in “self defense” for the preservation of life, liberty, and love…..but what exactly is love? And how do you know when your love is based on access to what’s between someone’s legs, which becomes an issue when a prettier package comes along after you’re, umm, committed in some way? What happens when Liz Taylor sets her lavender lamps on your easy virtue? The grass is always greener when the sun doesn't shine on it......
This Valentine’s Day, our film selections highlight the very transitory nature of what some people call love. Our first feature is the 1951 classic, A Place In The Sun. Directed by George Stevens, the film is based on Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel (based on a true story), An American Tragedy (a 1931 film version by auteur Josef Von Sternberg came first, starring Sylvia Sidney). Starring Elizabeth Taylor in her first film role that truly divorced her from child-star status (she was 17 at the time) and Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters in Oscar nominated performances, A Place In the Sun is a classic tale of ill-fated young love, indiscretion, and, yes, murder!
Our second feature is an Australian horror film from 2009 (which was on my top 35 list for that year) called The Loved Ones. This is the feature debut of Sean Byrne and features an amazingly wicked performance from Robin McLeavy. While it didn’t make it stateside, this is a refreshingly entertaining horror film that mixes Pretty In Pink with Carrie and Misery.
For last year’s Valentine’s Day, we ordered pizza and asked everyone to contribute for the pizza. We would like to do the same this year. Please take a moment to look at the Papa John’s pizza menu and let me know by Wednesday, February 9th if you would like to contribute and what flavor you yearn for. I will get back to you with the amount after I submit the order.
Additionally, for thematic purposes, we will be serving the following:
Appetizer: Pregnant Girlfriends (stuffed mushrooms).
Dessert: I’m Going To Make You Love Me Cake
Drinks: Elizabeth Taylor’s Poison
Sinking Shelleys
And the intermission game will be titled “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry,” an interactive game to be played in pairs where each group acts out a scene from a famous film!
The Date: 2/13/10, Sunday
The fun begins at 5PM, Pizza should arrive around 7, and estimated completion would be 9-10ish.
This Valentine’s Day, our film selections highlight the very transitory nature of what some people call love. Our first feature is the 1951 classic, A Place In The Sun. Directed by George Stevens, the film is based on Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel (based on a true story), An American Tragedy (a 1931 film version by auteur Josef Von Sternberg came first, starring Sylvia Sidney). Starring Elizabeth Taylor in her first film role that truly divorced her from child-star status (she was 17 at the time) and Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters in Oscar nominated performances, A Place In the Sun is a classic tale of ill-fated young love, indiscretion, and, yes, murder!
Our second feature is an Australian horror film from 2009 (which was on my top 35 list for that year) called The Loved Ones. This is the feature debut of Sean Byrne and features an amazingly wicked performance from Robin McLeavy. While it didn’t make it stateside, this is a refreshingly entertaining horror film that mixes Pretty In Pink with Carrie and Misery.
For last year’s Valentine’s Day, we ordered pizza and asked everyone to contribute for the pizza. We would like to do the same this year. Please take a moment to look at the Papa John’s pizza menu and let me know by Wednesday, February 9th if you would like to contribute and what flavor you yearn for. I will get back to you with the amount after I submit the order.
Additionally, for thematic purposes, we will be serving the following:
Appetizer: Pregnant Girlfriends (stuffed mushrooms).
Dessert: I’m Going To Make You Love Me Cake
Drinks: Elizabeth Taylor’s Poison
Sinking Shelleys
And the intermission game will be titled “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry,” an interactive game to be played in pairs where each group acts out a scene from a famous film!
The Date: 2/13/10, Sunday
The fun begins at 5PM, Pizza should arrive around 7, and estimated completion would be 9-10ish.
“I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.” – Shelley Winters
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