Cool News
L.A. Readers! Join William Lustig For A Down-And-Dirty Double Feature Of MANIAC And VIGILANTE This Thursday!
Beaks here...
If you love seeing New York City at its scuzzy, early '80s worst, the classy folks at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art have a perfect double feature for you!
Tomorrow night (10/18), Film Independent at LACMA will celebrate the grit and grime of a city in decline by showing two of William Lustig's best films: MANIAC and VIGILANTE (tickets available here). Neither of these movies should require an introduction around these parts. MANIAC is a nasty piece of work featuring a truly disturbing performance from the late, great Joe Spinell (who co-wrote the script) and some unforgettably gruesome practical f/x from Tom Savini. VIGILANTE is a shamelessly rousing riff on the DEATH WISH formula, a grindhouse/video store classic that makes you want to pick up a sock full of quarters and beat the streets clean of scumbags.
If these are your kinds of movies, then you're probably already a huge Lustig fan. If so, you've added incentive to see these films on the big screen tomorrow, as Lustig will be on hand for a Q&A in between features.
Need more enticement? How's about some trailers!
Readers Talkback
comments powered by Disqus-
+ Expand All
-
Makes me want to open my own theater down here just to have exploitation saturdays
-
I loved the Nagisa Oshima and Donald Cammell retrospectives they've hosted. They have a 70mm projector, too.
-
There's a movie that totally passed me by. Wow. Would love to catch this double-header.
-
Oct. 17, 2012, 3:24 p.m. CST
I just bought the 'Vigilante' Blu-ray because of that trailer.
by Bill C.
Okay, and the wheelchair, but...yes, it IS epic.
-
Oct. 17, 2012, 4:42 p.m. CST
Vigilante has a great cast, and I already heaped too much praise on Maniac on an earlier TB
by Monnie Knapp
Lustig directs such amazing sleaze. Maniac Cop is, of course, a scglock classic, and pairs really well with Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant for a night of 80s exploitation filth.
-
Oct. 17, 2012, 6 p.m. CST
I never knew the mom from Amityville II was in other movies.
by Margot Tenenbaum
Now I know that.
-
Vigilante and Bronx Warriors. Although Vigilante looks quite a bit better.
-
Why the hell can't they have this on a Friday night?! Some of us have to work!
-
The killer himself from Maniac! This just gets better and better. :)
-
Anyhow, Lustig does a great Q&A, went to a Maniac screening a few years ago at the Nuart, he really gave a lot of insight and really seems surprised that there's such a big cult following around his movies. Vigilante is absolutely worth seeing on the big screen.
-
Maniac is a scuzzy masterpiece in my opinion, and the original Maniac Cop was a late 80's schlock classic. I actually quite enjoyed the sequel too. Maniac Cop 3, not so much. Hell, I'm probably the only person who honestly likes Lustig's Jan-Michael Vincent versus Lance Henriksen (as assassin/shoe salesman) actioner Hit List, and the serial killer Judd Nelson flick Relentless. So yeah, as a Lustig fan, not sure how I missed Vigilante, especially with a cast line up that has Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Joe Spinell, Woody Strode, Steve James, Richard Bright and Frank Pesce in it. Must fix that immediately.
-
but I saw Maniac when it came out. It was the "late" flick at the local Drive-in triple feature....
Top Talkbacks
- Microsoft's Reveal Of The Next XBOX Is Upon Us, And Streaming Here!! -- 147 total posts 147 posts
- Has STAR WARS EPISODE VII Landed Its First Non-OT Cast Member? -- 436 total posts 138 posts
- The New WOLVERINE Trailer Brings Forth More Jean Grey!! -- 119 total posts 119 posts
- Harry dives into STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS' spoilers to reveal the truth behind the blockbuster we're seeing! -- 1196 total posts 95 posts
- Steven Seagal might be joining THE EXPENDABLES 3!! -- 241 total posts 88 posts
- Harry's 21st Picks & Peeks of 2013 has MEDIUM COOL, THE LAST STAND, THE BURNING, BATMAN, MIYAZAKI Blus and more!!! -- 48 total posts 48 posts
- Nordling Reviews STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS! Spoilers Abound! You Are Warned! -- 1348 total posts 42 posts
- John Ary's Video Review Of The New CAPTAIN AMERICA (1990) Blu-ray!! -- 192 total posts 20 posts
-
That’s Larry David??
HBO’s Promo For
CLEAR HISTORY!! -- 19 total posts 19 posts - Kurt Russell and Timothy Olyphant sign up to throw a BONE TOMAHAWK!!! -- 112 total posts 18 posts