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Mastidon Visits The Arclight For The AFI 40Th Anniversary Screening Of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST!

First Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest! by knightrider	Oct 5th, 2007 06:17:20 AM

40th Anniversary? by kevinwillis.net	Oct 5th, 2007 06:18:43 AM
For a film released in 1975? I must read the article for some explanation . . . this would be the 32nd anniversary for the film? Would it not?
40th Anniversary of AFI . . . That Must Be It by kevinwillis.net	Oct 5th, 2007 06:22:34 AM
Please, more clarity in the headlines. Or invent a pill to make me smarter.
Jack: Pure class. by MaxTheSilent	Oct 5th, 2007 06:54:17 AM
Only Clint has as big a star for as long.
Where on the AFI site can you buy the programs? by Riley Martin	Oct 5th, 2007 07:13:14 AM
They don't make it real easy to find. Do you have to be a member?
Where on the AFI site can you buy the programs? by Riley Martin	Oct 5th, 2007 07:13:14 AM
They don't make it real easy to find. Do you have to be a member?
nope. 40th anniversary of Amer. Film Inst. by FirstPostersSuck	Oct 5th, 2007 08:21:01 AM
Anybody see Starwars with Lucas?
did they film any of these introductions etc by Bloo	Oct 5th, 2007 11:06:08 AM
that would make for a REALLY cool DVD extra
nice one by mrbong	Oct 5th, 2007 02:07:41 PM
considering the inherent disposable, transient and, for want of a better term, shallow approach to history which generally prevails in America, it is fascinating how you preserve and celebrate this artistic form via institutions like the AFI. this is a sincere compliment - events like this must surely be the envy of us film fanatics living outside of the USA.
nice job mastidon by The Real MiraJeff	Oct 5th, 2007 02:58:07 PM
i was there as well i felt privileged just to be in the same room as jack i wish he had stayed for a Q+A but oh well...
Those aren't programs, they're 160-page BOOKS. by s00p3rm4n	Oct 5th, 2007 03:27:15 PM
And I put together over 90% of the photographs in that book. Pulled them from the archives, scanned them, cleaned them up and color corrected them. Please, enjoy it. Anyone who wants should try to track down a copy, though I'm unaware of its full availability. In terms of pictures, there's several boatloads more where that came from, but there are no plans to do anything with them... yet. :) This really was the coolest event that AFI's put on a long time, maybe ever.
Bad show, AFI. by DarthCorleone	Oct 5th, 2007 07:46:46 PM
Next time you put the tickets on sale 24 hours before the general public for your so-called movie-loving members, how about making sure that you sell them to people that are actually going to use them? That really makes me angry to hear that I went to all that trouble to try to get tickets to certain shows (literally hours of failed clicking on the internet for an overburdened website), and in the end the people who bought them did not even show up. Don't get me wrong - I'm happy that I saw Kirk Douglas and Spartacus, but that is just ridiculous.
Apologies for being grumpy just then... by DarthCorleone	Oct 5th, 2007 07:52:25 PM
It was a great event, and I was privileged and humbled to be there. I just know that there are plenty of people I know who would have been thrilled to fill in the other 10 percent of that theater.
Still thinking about it 2 days later by mastidon	Oct 6th, 2007 12:40:25 AM
MiraJeff, yeah was over way too fast. Do you remember what the other change Jack wanted from the play? Its bugging the crap out of me. s00p3rm4n, the photos are GREAT! Incredible work on the book. DarthCorleone, I completely agree. I mean how can people not show up for an event like that one? Are you going to write something up on SPartacus?
I bet Lucas... by Redfive!	Oct 6th, 2007 03:33:31 AM
Just pimped out his cartoon series,promising everyone a live action one would be on the way and showed the crappy special edition of Star Wars...Man F*CK GREEDO!!!
DarthCorleone by s00p3rm4n	Oct 6th, 2007 12:09:10 PM
There were empty seats??? I know for a fact every single ticket was accounted for. Even if some of those seats were for VIP shmucks who never showed up, there's no excuse for a row's worth of seats staying empty for something like this. mastidon: Thanks. I hope one day I can get more of the pictures out to more of the world. The actual collection of photos we have really could be an invaluable research tool for biographers, and a gigantic K hole for film nerds who like film ephemera (production stills, posters, etc.). Of course, there are things keeping it from being that... but things change. :)
Wish I could have gotten tix to this... by Zardoz	Oct 6th, 2007 05:57:57 PM
I tried at midnight when they went on sale, but the damn server kept crashing! And now I read that there were empty seats? Fuck! Anyway, I went to the Arclight last night to see "Darjeeling Ltd" and while the movie was just okay, the moviegoing experience was pure bliss! Reserved seats, no talking, cell phones, people walking in and out, just cineastes enjoying the film. Also, I knew I was in L.A., 'cause I was seated next to some character actor from movies and TV, and for the life of me, I don't know what his name is...going to go see "Blade Runner" tomorrow. Viva AFI and The Arclight! Anyone else gonna write about the rest of the screenings? Anyone...?
Anybody see.. by nolan bautista	Oct 6th, 2007 10:45:51 PM
..Richard Lynch? introducing for the screening of "Bad Dreams"?..I think it was in the auditorium across "Star Wars"..
Or.. by nolan bautista	Oct 6th, 2007 10:49:48 PM
..James Ryan in the "Kill or Be Killed" screening next to "Unforgiven"
I'll try to write something up... by DarthCorleone	Oct 7th, 2007 02:37:00 PM
I'm such a lazy procrastinator. I actually already did write something, but I need to edit it for the audience. And, yeah, I know every single ticket was accounted for, but there were empty seats in the Spartacus screening as well.

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