banish plump Jack, and banish all the world

[thehefner]

To the Shakespeare fans, Rude Mechanicals, and all others interested, here's a heads-up:

This Wednesday, the AFI SIlver in Silver Spring Maryland will be showing Orson Welles' Falstaff movie, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, featuring a Q&A with actor Keith Baxter. You might have seen him play Henry IV recently at the Shakespeare Theatre; in the film, he played Prince Hal alongside Welles' Falstaff.

This is a damn rare film, sorely needing to be out on DVD. The only time I'd seen it was on a really crappy VHS tape, and I hope to see the film at AFI sometime later this week. If I didn't have class Wednesday, I'd be at the Q&A. The film is basically HENRY IV 1 and 2 edited as one film, with--I think--bits of MERRY WIVES thrown in, all focusing on Falstaff.

And hey, while you're there, you can see AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD. Make a double-feature of it! One film that has to be seen on the big screen, the other one that you're probably not going to be able to see ever (unless Criterion Collection puts it out DVD or something).




Meantime, if I can get out of work early tonight, I'm going to have to decide between two free sneak preview screenings happening tonight: one's THE HOST, which is apparently an absolutely brilliant monster movie, and the other is 300. So you see the predicament I'm in.

Comments

[sharrainchains.livejournal.com]

Good on you for hyping The Chimes at Midnight -- it is an amazing movie, and more people should know about it. The National Gallery showed it about a year ago, and it blew me away. I hope you get a chance to see it at the AFI.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

i was thinking you and i could see 300 soon.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I've opted to see 300 tonight, since it will likely do very well at the box office and won't need my cash as much as THE HOST. However, if I really dig it, I'll see it again with you!

Also, maybe you should come see THE HOST with Mom and me! It's supposedly brilliant.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

maybe i will, but i dont know much of anything about it.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I don't know enough about it to fill you in exactly, only that it looks awesome and has made the top ten lists for most of the guys on aintitcool.com, so that's enough for me. Mom saw the preview and has been psyched ever since.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

i'll need to dig it up later.. the preview.