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Thursday, May 4
Rooftop
Films is thrilled to bring you a night of fun films
and fine food. Join us for a Sneak Preview of some of the shorts
we’ll be screening at the 2006 Summer Series — our
10th Anniversary of "movies on a roof in Brooklyn."
Included in this show is a four-course meal from Monkeytown’s
acclaimed kitchen and an hour and a half of amazing movies projected
on Monkeytowns four giant screens.
The Summer Series 2006 runs weekends from June 1st to September
15, in various outdoor locations all over the city, including
the lawn of Automotive High School in Williamsburg, the roof of
the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, the roof of Downtown
Community TV in TriBeCa, the Solar One pier on the East River,
and other stunning spots. We will be screening approximately 20
feature films and over 250 shorts -- all new, independent cinema
you won’t see anywhere else. If you want a taste now, come
grab a bite at Monkey Town.
See below for the Food and Film Menus...
Thursday, May 4
Admission: $45 (includes 4 course meal and movies!)
Showtimes: 7:30pm & 10pm
reservations
are recommended
Starters (a choice of):
shaved fennel salad with spicy pickled mango
-or-
kaffir lime meatballs or fishballs
-or-
garam masala soup with curried popcorn
Mid-Course
surprise!!!
Entrees (a choice of):
spring truffle risotto
-or-
lapsang souchong fish
-or-
grilled harissa lamb loin chop
Dessert Plate
avacado vanilla bean mousse with coffee cookie
-or-
oatmeal ice cream cake with almond nougatine & clove mango
marmalade
THE FILMS:
Klovnebarna (The Clown Children) (Jannicke
Systad Jacobson & Karin Beate Nosterud | Norway & Guatemala
| 6:00)
In the streets of Guatemala, dirty-faced kids don clown make-up
and costumes and juggle and dance amidst the dense traffic. This
gorgeous documentary is both entertaining and heartbreaking, without
ever saying a word.
Tales of the Creepy Crooked: The Nyuggle
(Lee Kern | London | 3:00)
A veteran of Rooftop summers past, Lee returns in 2006 with a
hilarious series of low-fi flicks investigating the myths and
mysteries of the British Isles.
Frank and Wendy: Chapter 1
(Kaspar Jancis & Ulo Pikkov | Tallinn, Estonia | 10:00)
For this screening we will be showing episode 1 of 8, but we plan
to show all of their hysterical, surreal adventures this summer.
Frank and Wendy was named the best Estonian animated film of 2005,
but we assure you that it in no way resembles Wallace and Gromit.
Instead, it tells the unbelievably weird story of two CIA agents
battling against evil Latvians in the deadly streets of Estonia.
Only Frank and Wendy can prevent these evils superpowers and their
legions of Nazi dwarves from turning the citizens of the free
world into sausages—but if Frank and Wendy are to prevail
they must recruit the evil wizard-genius Dr. Woo. Only Dr. Woo
can reverse irreversible processes. Only Dr. Woo has the power
to turn Frank from a sausage back into a man.
Afloat
(Erin Hudson | Palo Alto, CA | 6:00)
Erin Hudson will screen a number of films in the Summer Series
2006, including this gorgeous portrait of a pool full of aquasizing
octogenarians. Also on the menu this summer is Erin's Long Haul,
a documentary short about women truck drivers, supported in part
by the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund.
Selections from the Slo-Mo Video Festival
This summer we will be screening many of the short slow motion
videos from Ryan Junnell's amazing Slo-Motion Video Fest. Here
are a few of our favorites.
Calling Occupants
(Michelle and Laura Dean | California | 1:00)
A short, magical slo-mo journey to a land of glob- headed hula-hooping
spacemen.
Bray One and Two and Three
(Clay Junnell | San Francisco, CA | 3:00)
Three close-up slooooo motion moments in the mouths of salivating
braying beasts.
The Four Kid Tenors
(Ryan Junnell | San Francisco, CA | 1:00)
Lemme tell ya, these kids have some sets of pipes.
The Wraith of Cobble Hill (Adam King | Los Angeles,
CA | 15:00)
In this subtle and sweet claymation set near Rooftop's home base,
a lackadaisical teenager is trusted to look after neighbor's store
and dog. His slacker ways and history of familial neglect are
tested in this lovely coming-of-age drama.
Flatnap Prophesies, Vol 2 (Steve Collins
| Austin, TX | 5:00)
In honor of Rooftop Films' 10th Anniversary, we will be hosting
a handful of retrospective screenings, featuring favorites from
past years. We have shown a film by Steve Collins in 9 of our
10 years, the exception being 2005, when he was finishing his
first feature, Gretchen, which will have a gala sneak preview
of it's own in at Rooftop Films June. To get you giddy for his
dark and goofy comedy, here are a couple Collins classics.
Washington (Brad Neely | Austin, TX
| 2:00)
An animated musical biography of some of the lesser known legends
surrounding our nation's first president. Most people don't know,
for example, that he made love like an eagle falling out of the
sky.
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