[SkateDC] Gangsters, Zombies, and Beauties, Oh My! [Off Topic]

[George Marinkovich]

Free Films at the Freer:

I'll miss Versus due to a previous commitment, but since women are always telling me I know absolutely nothing about women, I feel it just wouldn't be wise to pass up a film called "All About Women," which has been touted as  the Beijing "Sex and the City."  Might not help of course, but it's hard to see how it could hurt!   I'll see it on Friday if it rains, otherwise Sunday afternoon.  

And don't forget "On the Waterfront" is the Monday (8/3/09) offering at Screen on the Green:

It wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden
you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your
night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This
ain't your night"! My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what
happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I
get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville!...You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I
coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face
it. It was you, Charley.
*

*Assistive listening devices will be available for those having a hard time deciphering Marlon Brando's dialog.

The usual drill:  I'll be in orange, the tarps will be in blue and gray, we'll both be front and center in relation to the screen.  The movie will start some time after 8:30 pm, I'll be there around 7pm.

Enjoy,
George


VERSUS


Thursday, July 30, 7:00 PM
Meyer Auditorium*, Freer Gallery of Art 

Intended
for mature audiences. Yakuza gangsters, zombies, an escaped convict
still shackled to a severed hand: Ryuhei Kitamura's "nonstop action
gorefest" (Scott Tobias, Onion AV Club) is a must-see for connoisseurs
of good trashy fun. Japan / 2000 / 119 min. / Japanese with English
subtitles. (Asia Trash! Series) 


 Pre-film tour, The Tale of Shuten Doji, 4:30 PM. All tour participants receive two tickets to the screening. 

 
ALL ABOUT WOMEN
Friday, July 31, 7 PM
Sunday, August 2, 2 PM
Meyer Auditorium*, Freer Gallery of Art 
 


Tsui
Hark's screwball confection tells the intertwined stories of three
women: a clumsy nerd who invents a pheromone patch to attract men, a
beauty who attracts plenty of men but no real friends, and a tomboyish
rocker who takes out her romantic frustrations through boxing. Think of
it as a Beijing Sex and the City. 2008 / 119 min. / Mandarin and Uighur
with English subtitles. (Made in Hong Kong Film Festival)

The Made in Hong Kong Film Festival is cosponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and
Trade Office. 
*TICKETS
 All films are shown in the 300 seat Meyer Auditorium,
located in the Freer Gallery. Free tickets are required. Up to two tickets per
person are distributed at the auditorium one hour before show time.