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June
2 - June 7
Seminal surf films through the decades and the Hollywood flipside
When Hollywood makes a surf film you can feel
the ooze of cheese.
When surfers make a surf film you can smell the wax.
For these five nights, we will simultaneously screen two films
from each decade starting with the '60s and ending with the '00s.
With each screening, we will show the surfer-made film on 2 screens
and the Hollywood film on the other two screens.
The soundtrack will be a mix of both films; but the dominant sound
will be from the surfer-made soundtrack.
for all nights...
Admission: Free
Showtimes: 7:30pm & 10pm
reservations
are recommended
Friday, June 2
Endless Summer vs. Gidget: The '60s
Endless
Summer follows two surfers around the world in
their classic search for the "perfect wave". Gidget
follows Sandra Dee through her discovery of surfing and, sigh,
love.
Saturday, June 3
Big Wednesday vs. Morning of the Earth: The '70s
Yes, Gary Busey plays a surf dude. And yes, Big
Wednesday delivers a story of surfing and friendship.
The director, John Milius, would go on to make Conan the Barbarian
two years later.
Morning of the Earth, on the other hand, is one
of the those sublime surf films that constructs, "a fantasy
of surfers living in three unspoilt lands [Australia, Bali, and
Hawaii] and playing in nature's oceans". Required viewing
for anyone who lives
Sunday, June 4
North Shore vs. The Green Iguana: The '80s
I love the tagline for North
Shore, "On a small stretch of coastline as
powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves.
He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge
unlike any other." Suh-weet!!!
Along with Bunyip Dreaming and Sik Joy,
The Green Iguana established
Jack McCoy as a major surf filmmaker.
Monday, June 5
Point Break vs. Momentum I & II: The '90s
Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze hunk it up together,
respectively as the FBI agent and the Zen surfer dude in Point
Break, Kathryn Bigelow's surf melodrama.
Momentum I &
II exposed a new generation of surf icons, including
Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Taylor Knox, Shane Dorian and Ross
Williams.
Wednesday, June 7
Blue Crush vs. Campaign: The '00s
Kate Bosworth stars with her surf buds Michelle Rodriguez and
Sanoe Lake. Ultimately, Blue
Crush is the story of a dedicated surfer who falls
for a star football player.
But for the serious surf fanatic, Taylor Steele's Campaign
lets it rip without the syrupy subplots.
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