February 2, Groundhog Day (Groundhog Day) The Rio Theatre is a cinema not far from our house specializing in art house films , or cult scheduled at midnight : so-called midnight movies .
Before Friday I thought the last midnight movies were only projected to midnight on the day when big budget films and distribution belt, and long-awaited endless queue at the box office, are allowed to leave: like, say, the various Harry Potter .
Wikipedia (God reward always so on) but he explains that those are only distant relatives of the true meaning of the phenomenon, of course, all-American (or in my case, Canadian): born in the 70s in some centers Urban, New York (where else?) among those are the midnight movies films were initially not mainstream and low budget that aimed to create a ' loyal audience and niche (a cult Following ) with repeated viewing, discussions and social interactions, at the height of the counterculture.
The success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (first film in a Hollywood major part of the circuit midnight movies) and economic changes of the film industry have come to associate the term, over time, films with specific issues, or B movie.
TRHPC is the chief exponent of this kind, and can claim the distinction of being the longest film on the bill of all time, never left the halls since 1975, his debut year: in the last 35 years there has been a film, somewhere in America, which has been scheduled. The fame came in '77, when the public began, anywhere, to participate actively in the movie.
In what is the sum of the meta-narrative, since the film you learn that even the movies you can see old movies that we would see instead only on TV or DVD ... There is that in Italy the tradition to see old movies at the cinema, because they do not own, if not, perhaps, on rare occasions, however, believe only in Rome, Milan, Turin and perhaps (but I'm to invent ' ).
the film, frankly, but as a good movie fan, I knew almost nothing, so do not even dream of you to mention it in case some conversation just to be cool, really risked being exposed in two seconds, maybe because it has never been dubbed in Italian, even for non-sung dialogue.
My ignorance in this area has dissolved last Friday (or, as we shall see, say, Saturday) when I went with Julia to Rio (it was our day) to see it.
We had already, at midnight, two weeks before, to see Pulp Fiction, but I had done my homework.
If you show up in the form of projection midinght movies you a dollar off: I say, who ever would?
All except us (a dollar is always a dollar). Bonus points if you dress like the characters in the film in question. As photos, Uma Thurman as Mia-evening abounded.
TRHPS has been sold out, and just like in the movies, there was a line that ran the block. Also like in the movies, the last two tickets we caught them there Julia and me.
Once inside, therefore, the real surprise was the vision of the vision of vision after the show a lot of fun and entertainment starting with a prize and a free subscription to the cinema's original vinyl soundtrack went to the best orgasms simulated by the "virgin "the movie For a moment I thought we were about to witness a representation of the show that inspired the movie (The Rocky Horror Show ) and not the film.
In practice, a theater company he mimed on stage, dressed paro paro, word for word to every scene in the film. The audience, made up to 90% of fans who saw him for the millionth time, repeating aloud all the jokes, he commented, in turn, mimed scenes (as shown in the pictures - among other things, as did the Man Spider see? - all have the newspaper head-Susan Sarandon as Janet you shelter from the rain and we spent some newspaper and put them to us we are a leader of us, I felt a bit 'stupid but if everyone else is ... - Milhouse jumped into the ravine? ) or got up to dance (lucky that, given the last tickets, we were in the front row!). All
so it was pretty distracting and I did not understand almost nothing of the plot, because:
1) I just could not hear the words, let alone understand the lyrics (it's still a muscial)
2) just like Pulp Fiction , I slept half the film despite the casino, the delay between the row and the show pre-screening, it started well after midnight and takes his time: the human endurance has its limits, and the night is for sleeping! (I know what you're thinking - She 'house! - but Julia has made me so stressed and peca' ).
understand more precisely the day after I did my due research on wikipedia and learned a new lesson on cinema.
Rio Sunday 27 to transmit live on the big screen the Oscar ceremony ( in related news: no, on Wednesday evening and still no trace of the new - no longer - the number of Entertainment Weekly. I discovered a new stadium as well as depression). Among the midnight movies
of February there are Lolita (never seen), If Spotless Mind (visto! Beautiful!) And Harold and Maude (never seen).
To save a dollar I could get dressed by The charming Creamy .
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