Schedule online at www.guerilladrivein.org
May 12 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Train robbers, shootouts, romance, comedy -- what more could you
ask for in an epic Western? This charming 1969 film about
legendary bandits is based more-or-less on real events.
Surprisingly romantic, sexy, and vulnerable. It both defies and
embraces Western cliche. Hosted by Rico and Sean.
May 26 Birdy
A veteran returns from the war in Vietnam mentally shattered and
convinced he's a bird. Nicholas Cage is another veteran who
visits him in a military hospital every day, determined to bring
Birdy back to reality. A haunting 1984 film about friendship and
survival. Hosted by Doug and Grant.
Jun 9 POPaganda: Art & Crimes of Ron English
A 2005 film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation
antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison
Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and
satirizes modern culture on canvas and directly on hundreds of
pirated billboards. Hosted by Kris and Rico.
Jun 23 Over the Edge
This 1979 film pits bored, aimless, white middle-class suburban
kids trapped in a hellish planned community against parents and
police concerned about the "youth problem." Intelligent, honest,
and with attention to detail, filled with a feeling of teen-age
frustration and paranoia. This film is a funeral service held at
the graveside of the suburban dream. Hosted by Jason.
Jul 7 Three Kings
George Clooney is one of a trio of American soldier in Iraq
determined to steal a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold. This
1999 film was the first Hollywood movie to take on the first Gulf
War, and it does it with comedy, aggressive style and a very
thoughtful manner. A frenetic meditation on the themes of the
temporary, ambiguous and sometimes arbitrary nature of borders,
alliances and the rules of warfare. Hosted by Grant.
Jul 21 Subversive Shorts Festival with Auto-Revision
A program of rollicking and poignant Guerilla Drive-In Subversive
Shorts. With the clever and creative Auto-Revision in which
artists trans-form an automobile into musical instruments.
Hosted by Jason and Johnny.
Aug 4 The Times of Harvey Milk
The 1984 Oscar-winning documentary about San Francisco's most
colorful -- and unfortunately, tragic -- political figure: Harvey
Milk. A staunch fighter for gay rights and the first openly gay
member of San Francisco's combative city council, Milk spoke out
not only for gay rights but for the rights of all people. Within
a year of his election, he and Mayor Moscone were assassinated by
supervisor Dan White, the board's most conservative member.
Hosted by Grant.
Aug 18 Dirty Dancing
When it was released in 1987, it was pegged as "A nicely
bittersweet genre movie" by the New York Times, but then this was
the paper that also assured us there were WMDs in Iraq. Stacey
tells us this is the best film ever and reminds us often that
this is the only American film Castro allows in Cuba. Expecting
the usual ennui that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with
her family, our 17-year-old heroine instead finds herself in love
with the resort's free-spirited dance instructor. Come for the
80's film nostalgia, big hair, class conflict, teen girl's
fantasy, and hot dancing. Hosted by Stacey and Tiffany.
Sep 1 Whale Rider
An enchanting, deeply spiritual, and ultimately enthralling New
Zealand movie about the struggle of one ardent young Maori girl
to fulfill her destiny. This lyrical 2002 film sidesteps all of
the obvious cliches of the underlying story and makes itself
fresh, observant, tough and genuinely moving. Hosted by Stacey.
Sep 15 Truman Show
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day
cultural TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life
-- live and in color -- without his knowledge or consent. When
Truman discovers by happenstance that his life is a sham for
public consumption, he makes a desperate escape bid. A metaphor
for the desperate theatrics of our own lives. Hosted by Kris and
Grant.
Sep 29 Life And Debt with Breaking The Spell
Life and Debt is a searing 2001 documentary that examines how the
policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and
other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over
the past quarter of a century, leaving the local people to
struggle in poverty and work in sweatshops. With Breaking the
Spell, a a brief look at some of the more radical groups that
struggled for economic democracy at the WTO meeting in Seattle
1999. A powerful film that lets the people most misrepresented by
mainstream media explain themselves in their own words. Hosted
by Stacey and Doug.
Oct 13 Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Amélie, a shy waitress in a Montmartre café with her own sense of
justice, decides to help those around her and along the way,
discovers love. This magical 2001 film features an effervescent
world of unrequited love, suicidal goldfish, photo booth intrigue
and elaborate courtship schemes. Hosted by Jennifer and Sean.
Oct 27 Quandrophenia
This coming-of-age drama follows Jimmy, a young and disillusioned
working-class rebel trying to find himself in London circa 1964.
A scooter-riding, pill-popping, sharp-dressed kid, Jimmy and his
fellow Mods face off against the Rockers in defense of their
lifestyle and identity. Hosted by Rico.
Nov 10 Dirty Pretty Things
Part thriller, part social commentary, part quirky comedy, Okwe
an illegal immigrant working as a night porter at a posh London
hotel, stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder. It tackles
head on the bleak, hand-to-mouth lives of asylum seeking
immigrants in London and of the more seedy, criminal aspect that
underlies all the glitz and glamour. Hosted by Jennifer.
May 12 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Train robbers, shootouts, romance, comedy -- what more could you
ask for in an epic Western? This charming 1969 film about
legendary bandits is based more-or-less on real events.
Surprisingly romantic, sexy, and vulnerable. It both defies and
embraces Western cliche. Hosted by Rico and Sean.
May 26 Birdy
A veteran returns from the war in Vietnam mentally shattered and
convinced he's a bird. Nicholas Cage is another veteran who
visits him in a military hospital every day, determined to bring
Birdy back to reality. A haunting 1984 film about friendship and
survival. Hosted by Doug and Grant.
Jun 9 POPaganda: Art & Crimes of Ron English
A 2005 film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation
antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison
Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and
satirizes modern culture on canvas and directly on hundreds of
pirated billboards. Hosted by Kris and Rico.
Jun 23 Over the Edge
This 1979 film pits bored, aimless, white middle-class suburban
kids trapped in a hellish planned community against parents and
police concerned about the "youth problem." Intelligent, honest,
and with attention to detail, filled with a feeling of teen-age
frustration and paranoia. This film is a funeral service held at
the graveside of the suburban dream. Hosted by Jason.
Jul 7 Three Kings
George Clooney is one of a trio of American soldier in Iraq
determined to steal a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold. This
1999 film was the first Hollywood movie to take on the first Gulf
War, and it does it with comedy, aggressive style and a very
thoughtful manner. A frenetic meditation on the themes of the
temporary, ambiguous and sometimes arbitrary nature of borders,
alliances and the rules of warfare. Hosted by Grant.
Jul 21 Subversive Shorts Festival with Auto-Revision
A program of rollicking and poignant Guerilla Drive-In Subversive
Shorts. With the clever and creative Auto-Revision in which
artists trans-form an automobile into musical instruments.
Hosted by Jason and Johnny.
Aug 4 The Times of Harvey Milk
The 1984 Oscar-winning documentary about San Francisco's most
colorful -- and unfortunately, tragic -- political figure: Harvey
Milk. A staunch fighter for gay rights and the first openly gay
member of San Francisco's combative city council, Milk spoke out
not only for gay rights but for the rights of all people. Within
a year of his election, he and Mayor Moscone were assassinated by
supervisor Dan White, the board's most conservative member.
Hosted by Grant.
Aug 18 Dirty Dancing
When it was released in 1987, it was pegged as "A nicely
bittersweet genre movie" by the New York Times, but then this was
the paper that also assured us there were WMDs in Iraq. Stacey
tells us this is the best film ever and reminds us often that
this is the only American film Castro allows in Cuba. Expecting
the usual ennui that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with
her family, our 17-year-old heroine instead finds herself in love
with the resort's free-spirited dance instructor. Come for the
80's film nostalgia, big hair, class conflict, teen girl's
fantasy, and hot dancing. Hosted by Stacey and Tiffany.
Sep 1 Whale Rider
An enchanting, deeply spiritual, and ultimately enthralling New
Zealand movie about the struggle of one ardent young Maori girl
to fulfill her destiny. This lyrical 2002 film sidesteps all of
the obvious cliches of the underlying story and makes itself
fresh, observant, tough and genuinely moving. Hosted by Stacey.
Sep 15 Truman Show
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day
cultural TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life
-- live and in color -- without his knowledge or consent. When
Truman discovers by happenstance that his life is a sham for
public consumption, he makes a desperate escape bid. A metaphor
for the desperate theatrics of our own lives. Hosted by Kris and
Grant.
Sep 29 Life And Debt with Breaking The Spell
Life and Debt is a searing 2001 documentary that examines how the
policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and
other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over
the past quarter of a century, leaving the local people to
struggle in poverty and work in sweatshops. With Breaking the
Spell, a a brief look at some of the more radical groups that
struggled for economic democracy at the WTO meeting in Seattle
1999. A powerful film that lets the people most misrepresented by
mainstream media explain themselves in their own words. Hosted
by Stacey and Doug.
Oct 13 Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Amélie, a shy waitress in a Montmartre café with her own sense of
justice, decides to help those around her and along the way,
discovers love. This magical 2001 film features an effervescent
world of unrequited love, suicidal goldfish, photo booth intrigue
and elaborate courtship schemes. Hosted by Jennifer and Sean.
Oct 27 Quandrophenia
This coming-of-age drama follows Jimmy, a young and disillusioned
working-class rebel trying to find himself in London circa 1964.
A scooter-riding, pill-popping, sharp-dressed kid, Jimmy and his
fellow Mods face off against the Rockers in defense of their
lifestyle and identity. Hosted by Rico.
Nov 10 Dirty Pretty Things
Part thriller, part social commentary, part quirky comedy, Okwe
an illegal immigrant working as a night porter at a posh London
hotel, stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder. It tackles
head on the bleak, hand-to-mouth lives of asylum seeking
immigrants in London and of the more seedy, criminal aspect that
underlies all the glitz and glamour. Hosted by Jennifer.
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