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DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968) — Mario Bava’s swingin’ psychedelic masterpiece w/ Beastie Boys pre-show @ 6:30 pm
July 23 : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE! Striking, kinetic, sexy, absurd… revels in its casual anarchy.” – Empire
Produced by the legendary Dino De Laurentiis (Barbarella) and directed by the Godfather of Cult Cinema, Mario Bava (Blood and Black Lace), DANGER: DIABOLIK is a swingin’ psychedelic Pop Art masterpiece, filled with intrigue, romance, wild humor, and the suavest. Based on the popular European comics series, DANGER: DIABOLIK stars John Phillip Law as the titular thief, a debonair scoundrel fond of skin-tight catsuits who clambers up walls, zaps a press conference with Exhilaration Gas, smacks a confession out of a crime lord while freefalling with him from an airplane, and pulls off the heist of a twenty-ton gold ingot. Impossible? No, diabolical—DANGER: DIABOLIK, to be exact! Featuring a super-swinging score by the maestro Ennio Morricone, swingin’ fashion and shagadelic sets, this is “the weirdest, most violent and psychedelic episode of Batman (1966)” (Josh Lewis, Letterboxd).
In honor of the Beastie Boys’ classic music video for “Body Movin’,” which remixes clips from Danger: Diabolik, we’ll be presenting a Beastie Boys pre-show before the film at 6:30 pm.
This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s POOL PARTY series, featuring movies that allow you to beat the summer heat (vicariously) by taking a dip in the cool waters of a swimming pool, even as mystery, murder and heartbreak lurk on the horizon…
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- The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.
- All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.
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