Sounds like a good time for one and all. Why not make it international? Post
the film sufficiently in advance so global cinematic voyeurs can bring NetFlix
tetering to its knees with the sudden global demand for a particular flick
(though its on "instant" -- it will only clobber their servers. You could Skype
your patio so participants from afar could converse. With some 2-way video to
make it a bit more intimate. And of course real time chat. The time difference
might be a bummer. But then that gives you an excuse to cinematically party at
all hours. And global participants could be encouraged to wire you a case of
fine wines from the local region.
The UT International Film Festival, Revival and Continuous Party.
And get the stars, writers and directors involved. Invite Liv when you show
Stealing Beauty. And Eva Greene -- well just invite her always.
"The sun never sets on a good flick."
Can we start with Godard? :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
>
>
> Now that it's cleaned up, one of the next things
> on my agenda is to go out and take advantage of the
> recession to buy one of those now-underpriced
> digital projectors so that this Spring and Summer
> I can have "movie nights" out in the garden.
>
> It's a joy I remember from Morocco, where on the
> Air Force base I grew up on, we had a weird kind
> of "walk-in drive-in theater." This theater, and
> making out in it under the stars with my girlfriends
> at ages 15 and 16, formed an indelible impression in
> my young mind, one that I've been hoping to recreate
> ever since.
>
> This year I finally get the chance. HD projectors
> are now cheap enough to make it feasible. So start-
> ing ( hopefully ) next week, I get to share my 2000+
> entry film library with my friends here in Sitges,
> under the stars.
>
> The "rules" are simple -- I provide the food and
> the movies, they provide the drinks. ( Although,
> to be honest, I always have to supply some of the
> drinks because they never bring enough to any of
> my gatherings. ) And then ( theoretically ) we just
> sit out under the stars and enjoy a movie, and then
> kick back and talk about it, and talk about the
> stars, both cinematic and astronomical.
>
> The first film in this summer's Uncle Tantra Film
> Festival is going to be one of my all-time favorites.
> I've told my friends about it many times, but being
> ( on the whole ) younger than I am and caught up in
> the pseudo-intellectual, pseudo-cynical milieu of
> modern-day Spain, many of them have never been able
> to kick back and enjoy the delights of a nice romantic
> fable, in a nice romantic setting. I hope to rectify
> that by showing them Jeremy Leven's wonderful "Don
> Juan De Marco."
>
> In other parts of the world, people are getting
> all excited because their religion ( which they
> would fight to the death to deny is a religion )
> is in the News, and they feel a sense of renewed
> inspiration that others are soon going to be
> converted to believe as they do, and dedicate
> their lives to the pursuit of the Ultimate
> Ineffable Goal, enlightenment.
>
> Me, I have lesser goals. I'm just hoping to share
> this cool garden space and a really sweet film
> with a few friends, and to watch them smile as
> some of its great scenes act themselves out under
> the stars for their amusement.
>
> To each his or her own goals, I guess...
>
> "There are only four questions of value
> in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred?
> Of what is the spirit made? What is worth
> living for, and what is worth dying for?
> The answer to each is the same: only love."
>
