"BACK
TO
SKOOL...
in
the
1990s" TRIPLE
BILL
friday,
octoBER
10, 2008
at
the castro
theatre
in San
Francisco,
CA.
7:15pm - buffy
the vampire
slayer (1992)
Written
by
Joss
Whedon;
Directed
by
Fran
Rubel
Kazui
Containing:
Kristy
Swanson,
Luke
Perry,
Rutger
Hauer,
Hilary
Swank,
Paul
Reubens
Buffy
creator,
Joss
Whedon
coined
this
Valley-Girls-Victimizing-Vampires
idea to
the
big
screen
five
full-years before
it
was
adapted
onto
the boob
tube.
With
a
cast
to die
for
(including
Hilary
Swank's
feature debut!),
this
early-90s,
back-to-high-skool,
fang-fest
has wonderful
comic
timing
and
has
been sadly
overlooked,
even
by
Buffy
fans! Due
to
the
short
length,
the
feature
will
be
preceded
by
a
huge
mouthful
of 90s
high-skool
trailers. 35mm
print.
86
minutes.
P.S. Brace
yourself for
Paul Reuben's
show stealing
performance!
Playing with...
9:15pm
- romeo
+
juliet (1996)
Written
by Craig
Pierce & Baz
Luhrman;
Directed
by Baz
Luhrman
Containing:
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Claire Danes,
John Leguizamo,
Paul Rudd
 + 
Baz Luhrman's
adaptation
of Shakespeare's
tragic teen
trauma is sooo
perfectly the
90s, you might
not be prepared
for how much
nostalgia it'll
spark in you!
(Yes, it was
released 12
years ago!)
Hawaiian shirts,
amped-up editing
and lil' Leo
doing his best
to make sense
of love in
Los Angeles,
all highlighted
by the soundtrack
of 90s teen
flicks including
Garbage, Butthole
Surfers, The
Cardigans,
Radiohead and
everyone's
favorite breakup
song by Des'ree.
Don't miss
your chance
to fall in
love with the
90s. Preceded
by some killer
90s teen trailers.
35mm, Widescreen. 120
minutes.
Playing with...
11:45pm
- starship
troopers (1997)
Written by
Ed Neumeier;
Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Containing:
Casper Van
Dien, Denise
Richards, Jake
Busey, Neil
Patrick Harris
Misunderstood
by nearly every
critic upon
release over
a decade ago,
Paul Verhoeven's
follow-up to
SHOWGIRLS ranks
up there with
Stanley Kubrick's DR.
STRANGELOVE
as the greatest satire
about war ever
made. Hyper-violent
and hypnotically
subversive, this
facist-allegory brilliantly
uses 90210-type acting
to emphasize
the cluelessness
of 1990s youth, while
eerily exposing
how easy it
is to brainwash
an entire society
into commiting
genocide. Surrealist
filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky
(EL TOPO, HOLY
MOUNTAIN) considers
STARSHIP TROOPERS
to be the only
great American
film of the
past 30 years.
WARNING: Film
includes excessive
blood, guts
and insect
slime. Preceded
by some gloriously
nasty 1990s
trailers. 35mm print.
129 minutes.
Plus,
tons
of
trivia
and
giveaways!
Miss this
night… and
cry!
ONE OR ALL THREE FILMS FOR ONLY $10
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