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Twentieth Century Flicks brings two double-bills to the former IMAX cinema
One of the prime movers behind bringing the former Bristol IMAX in the aquarium back into use as a screening venue, the city’s Twentieth Century Flicks video store is keeping the momentum going with two double-bills this month. They’re also trialling an ‘affordable tickets’ policy, which means you can get in for as little as £4 per film.
First up, on Sunday, September 10, is a classic US high school comedy anniversary double bill. Set in 1962 but made in 1973, George Lucas’s American Graffiti is celebrating its 50th anniversary in fully restored form.
That’s followed by Richard Linklater’s brilliant stoner romp Dazed and Confused (made in 1993, set in 1976), which boasts a fabulous cast ( Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, etc) and an absolutely magnificent rock soundtrack (Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Foghat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, Black Oak Arkansas, etc). This one’s been restored for its 30th anniversary. Go here for tickets and further information.
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Things take a darker turn a couple of weeks later, with an event billed, in Barbenheimer style, as ThreadGames on Sunday, September 24. Organised in collaboration with Horror Without End, this brings back to the big screen two early eighties nuclear-themed favourites. It kicks off with the 1983 thriller War Games, in which student Matthew Broderick hacks into US military supercomputer responsible for unleashing nuclear war on the Soviet Union (remember that?). The film gets rather preachy, but was very much ahead of its time.
That’s followed by the ultra-realistic 1984 BBC drama Threads, which explores the aftermath of a nuclear war and its effects on Britain, specifically Sheffield. The films will be introduced by Alex Kidd of Horror Without End and Dr. Mark Bould, author of Science Fiction: The Routledge Film Guidebook. Go here for tickets and further information.
Main pic from War Games: MGM
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