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The Modern School Of Film’s FILM: MASTERS Series
Double Feature! New Series!
GIFT / DRUGSTORE COWBOY
Hosted by Modern Film School founder Robert Milazzo, The Modern School of Film’s FILM: MASTERS series screens movies hand-picked by renown cultural figures, followed by in-depth discussions with them. Our first installment celebrates the 25th anniversary of the band Jane's Addiction, featuring an in person appearance by the band's Perry Farrell who will present the 1993 cult favorite he directed, GIFT, which features a surrealistic blend of live footage of the band and fictional vignettes. GIFT is on a double bill with his favorite film pick, DRUGSTORE COWBOY (also celebrating its 25th anniversary). DRUGSTORE COWBOY director Gus Van Sant will join us as well, schedule permitting. The discussion is between films.
Perry Farrell & Gus Van Sant In Person!

25th Anniversary of Jane's Addiction
GIFT
1993, Warner Bros., 80 min, USA, Dir: Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli
Jane's Addiction singer and lyricist Perry Farrell directed this surrealistic blend of live footage of the band and fictional vignettes veering from the comic to the nightmarish. An outstanding soundtrack (including not only Jane's Addiction classics like "Been Caught Stealing" but a Sly and the Family Stone cover on which the band is joined by Ice-T) merges with hallucinatory visuals to create a one-of-a-kind cult movie experience. The film garnered an underground reputation on VHS in the ’90s before falling out of print - don't miss the chance to see it on the big screen!


25th Anniversary
DRUGSTORE COWBOY
1989, Park Circus/MGM, 102 min, USA, Dir: Gus Van Sant
Devilishly charming Matt Dillon is the head honcho of a quartet of ne’er-do-well addicts (the superb Kelly Lynch, James LeGros and Heather Graham round out the foursome) who support their habits by robbing drugstores in the mid-1970s Northwest. Director Gus Van Sant expertly shifts his matter-of-fact tone from humorous to gut-wrenching, proving a potent force to be reckoned with in his first major film. The picture that made critics stand up and really take notice of Matt Dillon’s multi-faceted talent. With James Remar as Dillon’s cop nemesis and William Burroughs as a junkie ex-priest.
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Special ticket prices: $10 Member, $12 Student/Senior and $15 General. No passes will be accepted.

Bummer...looks like it's sold out!

FYI...apparently not sold out. Problem with Fandango...

interesting! should be cool to hear Perry talk about the movie.

Maybe he will tell the story about why he missed its first screening.

Home from the screening of GIft. It was awesome! Even though I'd hoped to see this in pristine condition...they had to resort to playing a VHS copy because no one could find the actual film! It was still very cool to see it on the big screen. I have some video and will try to post this weekend.

Highlights: Perry negotiated 5 videos for Warner Bros in exchange for the filming of Gift, which cost about a half million $ to make. Dr. Buprenex is based on a real doctor that Perry used to go to get drugs...one whom was actually responsible for the OD of famous actor's son. He is either in jail or served jail time. The rehab patients in Gift were from a facility that Perry and Casey had been at for (i think) 10 days. They checked themselves out, but went back to film. The cops in the movie were real undercover cops. He talked about his new project, Kind Heaven, which he is spending the next 18 months or so on. As we've all probably already read, it's interactive theater/music project.

It was an interesting evening...he was amusing, even if it seemed to irritate the host and GvS.

His dismissive/revisionist comments about Casey were pretty shitty, but also to be expected.

fuck perry....Casey made the movie....