Bay Area DUers- The Fog Of War

[arcane1]

who is interested in seeing "The Fog of War"?

Synopsis
Documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the World Bank. "Fog of War" combines an interview with McNamara discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century, archival footage, documents, and an original score by Philip Glass.

It's showing at the Act 1 & 2 in Berkeley, as well as a couple of theaters in San Francisco. It's supposed to be VERY good!

let us know here when would be a good date/time for you

and also, if you want, PM me with your email address, so that I can get a mailing list together for events, etc. Might be easier to keep track using Evite than trying to point everyone to this board

next weekend works well for me

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. A friend of mine saw it....

and said it was must see. I'd be interested in going to a showing. Just keep me posted.

:hi:

Hell

[arcane1]

2. cool!

I'll keep you posted, though you are the only one at the moment

:hi:

[proud patriot]

3. I'll try to make it

Saturdays are good for me ...Not this Saturday though
I'm broke :-(

[arcane1]

4. this saturday is out for me, too

but the 14th could work nicely...

[Terwilliger]

5. Saturday the 14th sounds good

we could see it early and even plan on someplace to go afterwards :)

[proud patriot]

6. Sounds like a plan

:D

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. Plan? Plan something?

What is this "plan" you speak of? :freak: :crazy:

[cally]

8. I'm still trying to plan something at my house.

Valentines Day is out for me. Can we plan something else.

I posted this to hear from other Duers and folks I know. Send me a PM or post here. :-)

[MaryBear]

9. We'll be away on Presidentd Day Weekend,

but we're interested in a get together in the near future. Haven't seen you all in too long.

:hi:

[arcane1]

10. will keep you posted

either this coming weekend or the next are best for me. But we also have a rally on March 20 :bounce:

[arcane1]

11. I'm kind of leaning towards this saturday or sunday....

I don't want to wait TOO long or else it might disappear...


thoughts...?

[Tinoire]

12. I am game.

But oh, no hookers ;) Not unless you want me to start telling them about single-payer health-care when they are obviously more interested in playing with your hair and admiring Terwilliger's beard.


I can be flexible.

[arcane1]

13. I hear they can be flexible too...

but I digress... :evilgrin:

This Sunday is out for me, but if anyone wants to shoot for Saturday, I'm in!!

[arcane1]

14. well hell, looks like it's Sunday that I'll be free

any takers?

[proud patriot]

15. I can't this Sunday

Tyler just got home yesterday, so I'm going to need this
weekend for family .

[arcane1]

17. perfectly understandable, Proud

:grouphug:

[WillyT]

16. LOL !!! --- See Post 7 !!!

Plan???????

:hi::evilgrin::hi:

[MaryBear]

18. arcane1, you have my email address,

I think. Let me know if you don't have it.

:shrug: Did this happen? We'd like to see an early showing if it is still playing on the 21st or 22nd, and if anyone is up for it.

[proud patriot]

19. I can do it Saturday

:hi: plans fell through this last weekend

[MaryBear]

20. Saturday the 21 will work.

According to Yahoo Movies, it will be playing. No times listed yet for that day,

[arcane1]

21. bummer, some of us already saw it, Sunday :(

but there is another film coming out this weekend that looks REALLY good:

http://www.victoriatheatre.org/calendar.htm

The Fourth World War was shot by award-winning New York film collective
Big Noise Films on
the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents. It is the untold
human story of men and
women who resist being annihilated in the current global conflict.

While American airwaves are crowded with talk of a new world war,
narrated by generals and
filmed from the noses of bombs, the human face of war is rarely seen.
The Fourth World War
weaves together the images and voices of the war on the ground - from
the front lines of
struggles in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, ‘the
North’ from Seattle to
Genoa, and the ‘War on Terror’ in New York and Iraq.

The product of over two years of filming, The Fourth World War is a new
kind of film for a
new world. The intensity and immediacy of its images are beyond
anything corporate
television can shoot, the intimacy and passion of its stories are
beyond anything it can feel.
Narrated by Tony Award winner Suheir Hammad and singer Michael Franti
of Spearhead, it is
a radical story of hope and human connection in the face of a war that
shatters and divides.

The Fourth World War premiered in four sold out shows at The
International Documentary
Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) in late November, and it has already sent
shockwaves through
the independent film world. The Fourth World War was launched in North
America at the
Santa Barbara Film Festival in January, and is an official selection of
the Next 5 Minutes
Festival - Amsterdam, Korean Labor Film Festival - Seoul, Films Fra Sor
- Olso, IDFA Flies
Tropics - Surinam, Cinema Texas - Austin, Big Sky, OVNI - Barcelona,
World Social Forum
Film Festival - Mumbai, India, ReelWorld - Toronto, Cleveland
International, DOXA, Syracuse
International and Latinoamerica Arde - Buenos Aires.


“Inspirational. Essential. THE FOURTH WORLD WAR documents the history
of the future
before it is born. . . and while we can still do something about it.”
-Peter Wintonick, Internatonal Editor, POV (Point-of-View Magazine)
Canada

“Passionate, euphoric, contagious. . . It is our worlds against their
system.”
-IDFA, Amsterdam

“A powerful, radical cry from the frontlines of the war on people. This
film captures the spirit
of resistance: it is as beautiful and global as humanity itself.”
-Naomi Klein, Author of NO LOGO

“THE FOURTH WORLD WAR is a daring, courageous, heart-pounding
intervention against
empire. A remarkable, inspiring cinematic achievement that completely
reprograms the
vectors of politically engaged documentary.”
- Patricia R. Zimmermann, author, States of Emergency: Documentaries,
Wars, Democracies

[proud patriot]

22. How was it ?n/t

[arcane1]

23. it was kick-ass

:toast:


actually, I'll be busy this saturday, too, so I won't be able to do the other flick until Sunday :evilfrown:

[MaryBear]

24. Looks like it will be playing this Saturday

in Pleasant Hill and Sacramento. Anyone interested in a 7:00 showing if that is scheduled?

Who all has already seen it?

[arcane1]

25. I'd happily see it again, but...

I'm booked for Saturday :evilfrown:

[proud patriot]

26. I can do either sunday or saturday this weekend

:D I'm flexible

[MaryBear]

27. Do we want to know about that?

O8)


On edit: either would work for me.

[arcane1]

28. would you guys be interested in checking out the other movie too?

it's playing in the Mission, though, not really close to anywhere that Fog is playing..

[MaryBear]

29. Not this weekend either.

My daughter is bringing a bunch of her stuff over and we need to work in the garage to clear a space.