CECIL B. DEMENTED (2000) w/ John Waters pre-show
June 5 : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“Proves how a dose of smart bad taste can be jolly good fun!” – Time
Our summer-long John Waters retrospective kicks off with one of his most underrated features: a mocking self-tribute to weirdos, outlaws, and the transgressive power of making movies with your freaky friends! Starring Stephen Dorff as lunatic director Sinclair Stevens and a never-better Melanie Griffith as movie goddess Honey Whitlock, CECIL B. DEMENTED is a cult movie for cinephiles about a movie cult populated by cinephiles! Sinclair leads a devoted band of cinema terrorists who kidnap Honey and force her to star in their underground movie. The twist? She kinda likes it! Inspired by the real-life kidnapping of Patty Hearst (who has a cameo), CECIL is a hilarious attack on commercial cinema, a film that brought Waters back to the underground after a string of more mainstream projects. With jabs at awards, talking in the movies, and endless sequelization, CECIL B. DEMENTED is a kalashnikov aimed at the film business, mowing down delusional executives and middlebrow respectability-mongers with gleeful malice.
Come out early for a pre-show dedicated to the Pope of Trash, starting at 6 pm.
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