A Rumble Productions/The Celluloid Drugstore/Radix Theatre/Eye of Newt Collective co-presentation
Silent Summer Nights
August 30 – September 1, 2002
Grandview Park, East Vancouver
CITY LIGHTS (1931)
Screening: Friday, August 30
Ranked eighth on the American Film Institute’s list of top 100 US screen romances.
LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (TRIP TO THE MOON, 1902)
Screening: Saturday, August 31 – Double Bill
A group of astronomers on an expedition to the moon. A magical short by “cinema’s father of fantasy.”
LEKTIONEN IN FINSTERNIS (LESSONS IN DARKNESS, 1992)
Screening: Saturday, August 31 – Double Bill
Notorious German director, Werner Herzog documents the burning oil fields of Kuwait. Accompanying text written and performed by Vancouver poet and cultural critic Lisa Robertson. (Not suitable for young children.)
MOSURA TAI GOJIRA (1964) (GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA)
Screening: Sunday, September 1
Greedy businessmen have turned Mothra’s egg into a billion-dollar tourist attraction – and she wants it back. With guest conductor Giorgio Magnanesi.