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Opening night as MoPA's inaugural film curator was a black tie, members-only affair. Since the occasion was the christening of a new temple in which to watch movies, why not kick things off with a series of first films by great directors?
As I have said on so many occasions, the projectionist has final cut. It turned out to be an axiom that was hammered home that opening night. Speaking of hammered, I had a projectionist who sweat 100 proof. When it came time to thread up Marty's first gift of celluloid, my man in the booth instead threw up a reel of Clutch Cargo cartoons.
Fortunately Joan and Irwin Jacobs have a sense of humor and the christening of the theatre named in their honor will always be remembered with a chuckle.
I can't recall the handful of films screened that night, but if I had it all to do over again I'd show the following shorts (and hire a teetotaler as my projectionist).
Martin Scorsese's What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWs1SM0xYiI
Jane Campion's An Exercise in Discipline - Peel (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lVexu0GOg
David Lynch's The Grandmother (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIxS7Bdz10
Francois Truffaut's Les Mistons (1957)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njrLzPsTAg
Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC3T4Q-zloI
Buster Keaton's The Rough House (1917)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prx2XWm8Ko0
Frank Tashlin's Hook and Ladder Hokum aka A Fireman's Life (1933)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIopANn_U8U
Joseph Losey's Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVnMROVQrz8
Opening night as MoPA's inaugural film curator was a black tie, members-only affair. Since the occasion was the christening of a new temple in which to watch movies, why not kick things off with a series of first films by great directors?
As I have said on so many occasions, the projectionist has final cut. It turned out to be an axiom that was hammered home that opening night. Speaking of hammered, I had a projectionist who sweat 100 proof. When it came time to thread up Marty's first gift of celluloid, my man in the booth instead threw up a reel of Clutch Cargo cartoons.
Fortunately Joan and Irwin Jacobs have a sense of humor and the christening of the theatre named in their honor will always be remembered with a chuckle.
I can't recall the handful of films screened that night, but if I had it all to do over again I'd show the following shorts (and hire a teetotaler as my projectionist).
Martin Scorsese's What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWs1SM0xYiI
Jane Campion's An Exercise in Discipline - Peel (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lVexu0GOg
David Lynch's The Grandmother (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIxS7Bdz10
Francois Truffaut's Les Mistons (1957)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njrLzPsTAg
Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC3T4Q-zloI
Buster Keaton's The Rough House (1917)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prx2XWm8Ko0
Frank Tashlin's Hook and Ladder Hokum aka A Fireman's Life (1933)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIopANn_U8U
Joseph Losey's Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVnMROVQrz8