MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 11, 2016
TO: Arts Commission
FROM: Siân Poeschl, Cultural Arts Manager
SUBJECT: Friday Flicks
Friday Flicks is scheduled for January 6, February 3 and March 3, 2017, with screenings held at [seven-degrees], 891 Laguna Canyon Road. [seven-degrees] will have a bar available starting at 6 p.m. with food available for purchase for $5. The films will be screened at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a panel discussion.
Cultural Arts Department Staff reviewed a number of films with Arts Commissioner Suzi Chauvel and are recommending the following:
January 6, 2017 Banksy Does New York (2016) Running Time: 79 minutes, Not Rated. Documentary chronicling the famed street artist's "31 works of art in 31 days" in New York City.
February 3, 2017 Beautiful Darling (2010) Running Time: 85 minutes, Not Rated Candy Darling was a fixture in the New York Off-Broadway scene in the 60s, in Warhol films such as Women in Revolt and Flesh, and became a prominent personality in Warhol's circles, influencing such noted contemporary artists as Madonna, David Bowie and Lou Reed.
March 3, 2017 Life Animated (2016) Running Time: 89 minutes, Rated PG Owen Suskind was a boy of considerable promise, until he developed autism at the age of 3. As Owen withdrew into his silent state, his parents almost lost hope that he find some way to interact with his world in some meaningful way. However, that way was found through animated films, especially those of the Walt Disney Company, which provided Owen a way to understand the world through its stories to the point of creating his own.
Once the selection has been approved Staff will work with Commissioner Chauvel in securing panelists and advertising the program.