Bill:
Sorry I had not seen your response below before my earlier reply. It looks like
you have already made some decisions on how to do things next weekend. That
could relieve some of the time-pressure. Let me know if you are planning to do
the “housekeeping” in addition to your introduction. If there are any specific
guests that have agreed to contribute to the discussion, I’d be willing to
promote that on our FB page.
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Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 4:56 AM
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Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: More PEACE OFFICER screening
Joel,
I'll do a very short intro and offer the lobby for conversation. Julie has
reached out to the domestic violence coalition, and they've expressed interest.
Nothing yet from the cops, but I'm still exploring possibilities.
- Bill
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On Jan 15, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Joel Johnson <joel_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
“PEACE OFFICER” is 105 minutes. That’s 15 minutes at most between the end of
our film and the beginning of the next film in Cinema 3. We might be able to
get a little extra time by starting the discussion during the closing credit
sequence. Bill, how would you like to proceed under these circumstances?
Joel
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Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 2:58 PM
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Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: More PEACE OFFICER screening
Thanks, Alan. Give my regards to the Sundance Kid and Butch.
- Bill
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On Jan 15, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Alan Sanborn <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Forgot to mention that the gift card to Grand Central Cafe is on my desk if we
have a guest.
— Alan
Hey All,
On Monday, Sam and I will be heading to sunny, tropical Utah for the Sundance
Art House Convergence and won’t be to Waterville for the Saturday screening of
PEACE OFFICER. J-sun and Jak will staff the box office/concessions on Saturday
and we’ll be here on Sunday.
PEACE OFFICER has to be in cinema 3, I’m afraid; the film in C3 starts at
noon—earlier start times for the other venues—so there won’t be much time for a
discussion if we have a guest, but there is the lobby. I have a trailer for the
next CinEx screening, THE WORLD OF APU, but didn’t make it part of the PEACE
OFFICER playlist because of the time restraint.
Thanks!
— Alan
On Jan 9, 2016, at 6:22 AM, Joel Johnson <joel_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is anyone planning to bring a camera to Sunday’s screening. Having one or more
photos from the Q & A might be something we could use in promoting the
series.—Joel
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Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 6:42 PM
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Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: Opening weekend and beyond; dates for spring evenings
Hi everyone
Bill:
Glad you feel you are set for “PEACE OFFICER.” I can understand why police
officers might be reluctant to commit to representing the police officer
perspective in a discussion about a film they haven’t yet seen. I don’t know if
this would be helpful, but perhaps inviting police officers to see the film
without making them commit to participating/leading the discussion. Once they
have seen the film they may be willing to offer comments and if they then
decide to identify themselves as police officers that certainly would be a
perspective that the audience should find quite valuable. If they are willing
to take a leadership role in the post-film discussion, I certainly would try to
promote that expert input as we do other guests.
Abbott:
I think a verbal “Prince Valiant” our-story-so-far introduction on Apu would
work fine. You more than anyone else in our group has great affection for the
Trilogy and that should come through quite clearly. I certainly plan to be
there for the Saturday screening and can help with the discussion as can anyone
else from the group who is there. We certainly have had free-form discussions
following films and they can be valuable just in the sharing of feelings about
a film.
David McLain confirmed that he will be showing up for the Q & A following the
film, but is not planning to be there when it begins on Sunday.
Looking forward to seeing many of you over the weekend on either day.
Joel
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Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 3:43 PM
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Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: Opening weekend and beyond; dates for spring evenings
Julie and I will be up either tomorrow or Sunday, which ever looks less scary.
We’re all set for Peace Officer, Joel. Still looking to add a working cop -
tougher than I expected.
Bill
On Jan 8, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Laurie <laurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sounds good! Hope to see many of you on Sunday.
Laurie
On 01/08/2016 10:37 AM, Shannon Haines wrote:
Hi Joel,
Perhaps Selah Tea Café or Jorgensen’s for a post film luncheon? I am happy to
reimburse you for our speaker’s lunch, too, of course!
I am still working on guests for Taxi and Dukhtar. Will keep you posted when/if
I get something lined up.
Hoping for some good attendance this weekend. We will have onscreen slides for
our sponsors and advertisers, but it would be wonderful if whoever introduces
the film mentions that SBS/Carbon Copy is the sponsor of BOUNCE. I hope to make
it to the Sunday screening, so perhaps I will see some of you there.
Thanks!
Shannon
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Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 12:57 PM
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Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: Opening weekend and beyond; dates for spring evenings
Well, we are two days away from the screening of our first film “BOUNCE!”. Are
you excited? I am. I contacted David McLain a couple of weeks ago. At that
point he had not been summoned away to a work assignment and was still planning
to be with us. I think we have been doing a pretty good job in promoting our
series and, specifically, promoting his appearance this coming Sunday. The
CINEMA EXPLORATIONS FB page has posted a short video about his sense of calling
to do the work that he does. I will be contacting him for a final check on his
appearance—his plans and expectations. If you haven’t seen it, I certainly
would recommend it. We have ordered the bagels and will be bringing those up on
Saturday as usual.
Shannon: Typically, we have made arrangements for a meal with our guest either
at Buen Apetito or Grand Central Café, but Grand Central Café is closed on
Sundays and Buen Apetito doesn’t open on Sundays until 4:00 pm. Obviously, an
invitation for lunch (should it be accepted) would need to be for another
establishment. Do you have any suggestions?
Bill: Are you all set for the discussion/program around “PEACE OFFICER” ? Are
there going to be any guest contributors?
Abbott: How are things going in the preparation for a discussion on “THE WORLD
OF APU” ? There was a suggestion that a hand-out providing some background on
the trilogy and helping people to understand what had previously transpired in
Apu’s story might be helpful. Are you planning to do that?
Shannon: We have Kyle Stevens set for “HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT,” but my recall is
that we were still trying to find possible special guests to contribute to our
discussions for “JAFAR PANAHI’S TAXI” and “DUKHTAR (DAUGHTER)”.
We have discussed having a couple of additional screenings after our
Saturday/Sunday morning film series in the spring. Shannon provided dates of
film events already on the schedule and those are below. I would suggest that
we could have a one-night screening of a film during the second week of April
(Tuesday, April 12th; Wednesday, April 13th; or Thursday, April 14th) and have
another one-night screening the first week of May (Tuesday, May 3rd; Wednesday,
May 4th; or Thursday, May 5th). I don’t know if it matters to the theater which
weekday evening we would take. Since we were not able to integrate any current
Foreign-language Oscar submissions into our schedule, this would be a good
opportunity to rectify that. Here is a link to a listing of all the submissions
with many having trailers and information about US distribution (however, this
information is not completely accurate. For example, Romania’s “AFERIM” is
distributed by Big World Pictures and Spain’s “LOREAK (FLOWERS)” is distributed
by Music Box Films. This can be quite fluid):
http://awardswatch.com/news/official-submissions-list-for-2016-foreign-language-film-oscar-updating/
Here is an article predicting who will receive nominations from those films
that were selected for the Foreign-language Oscar shortlist. The predictions
don’t matter as they are likely to not be fully accurate. However, it is likely
that Ken would be interested in showing the nominees whichever ones get
nominated and those on the shortlist are still in play for getting a
nomination. We will know the nominees in a couple of weeks. Since “THEEB”
already showed during MIFF, we probably should pass on that.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/2016-oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-20150921
This would also be a good opportunity to show “THE GOLDEN DREAM” which we liked
a lot when we screened it during the fall.
Does anyone have any suggestions—either from the list of Foreign-language Oscar
submissions or something else—for showing during the spring.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 2:20 PM
To: cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cinemaexp] Promo Materials at the cinema; dates for spring evenings
Greetings, all! The CinEx posters, programs and all access passes are available
at Railroad Square Cinema for pick up and distribution. We will be mailing a
copy of the program to each of our members this week as well.
Stay tuned for the press release!
In terms of evening events in the spring, we currently have special events on
the following dates, so these would be out. We are also planning to add at
least 2 or 3 other events in April for Earth Day, Sexual Assault Prevention
Awareness Month, and a special screening with Colby’s Oak Institute, so it will
get even a bit more crowded. May is pretty wide open, though...
· Sat Mar 12 - Tue March 15 – Maine Jewish Film Festival Satellite
screenings - Railroad Square Cinema
· Tue Mar 22, 2016, 7:00pm – 9:30pm National Evening of Science on
Screen: COMPUTER CHESS - Railroad Square Cinema
· Mon Apr 18, 2016, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Vincent and Theo (Monday Night
Movies) - Waterville Opera House
· Tue Apr 26, 2016, 7:00pm – 9:30pm, Science on Screen: SOLARIS -
Railroad Square Cinema
· Thu Apr 28, 2016, 7:00 – 9:00pm, Maine Short Film Festival 2016 -
Railroad Square Cinema
Shannon
