Monday, October 24, 2011

'My Mars Bar Movie' world premiere on Thursday

Thursday marks the "world theatrical premiere" of "My Mars Bar Movie," the 87-minute documentary directed by Jonas Mekas, the 88-year-old filmmaker-poet-writer-curator... (His full bio is here.)

Here's a description of the film via YouTube:

For some twenty years Mars Bar, on the corner of First Street and Second Avenue, Manhattan, has been my bar. That's where we went for beer and tequila whenever we had to take a break from our work at Anthology Film Archives, and it was also a bar where most of those who came to see movies at Anthology ended up after the shows. We always had a great time at Mars Bar. It was always open, there was always the juke box, and very often there was no electricity, and it was old and messy and it didn't want to be any other way — it was the last escape place left in downtown New York. So this is my love letter to it, to my Mars Bar. Mars Bar as I knew it.



Find ticket info here.

H/t to One Folded Sunset for the post yesterday.
at

3 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherOctober 25, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    I would love to see this movie, but I have to work Thursday. If you hear of any other screenings, please post them. That clip is fantastic!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 25, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    I hope he shows this at Anthology.

    ReplyDelete
  3. glammaOctober 25, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    wow this looks amazing! i also can't make it on thurs, anyone know how else we can see this? thanks!

    ReplyDelete

Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.

However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.

If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.