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The Dead - Cinematheque / Nighttown
- Location
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11141 East Blvd
(in University Circle)
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 421-7450
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- Estimated attendance
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17 people attended.
Who organized?
Bill
- Fee
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$1.50 or $5 for 2009.
refund policy
THE DEAD
Britain/Ireland/USA, 1987
John Huston’s last film is a masterful, well-acted adaptation of a story from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Set in 1904, the movie focuses on an Irish married couple who ruefully examine their love and life together after attending a festive holiday party. Tied for 58th place on Cahiers du Cinéma’s list of the 100 best films of all time. 35mm. 83 min., starts at 6:25, ends at 8 p.m.
Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring cash to pay for your meal.
6:25 p.m. MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door. We’ll try to save seats in the front row of the upper section, center.
8 p.m. After Film Discussion – Late Dinner
Since the film ends early, we’ll head over to Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road, [masked], for discussion and perhaps a late dinner. This is the perfect spot with a real James Joyce connection. Nighttown is named after the Dublin Red-Light district in Joyce’s novel Ulysses. It offers the ambiance of an Irish pub of the late 1800s. Metered parking is available in the rear with an entrance off Cedar just west of the club. Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP. We will have a reserved table at Nighttown
DESCRIPTION
John Huston's last film is a labor of love at several levels: an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by one of Huston's favorite authors, James Joyce; a love letter to the land of his ancestors and the country where his children grew up; and the chance to work with his screenwriter son Tony and his actress daughter Anjelica. The film is delicate and unhurried, detailing a Christmas dinner at the house of two spinster musician sisters and their niece in 1800s Ireland, attended by friends and family. The all-Irish cast and careful period detail give the piece richness and gravity.
REVIEW
This sublime adaptation of the last story in James Joyce's Dubliners is John Huston's final film, and it is as beautiful, delicate, and moving an epitaph as any filmmaker could ever desire. "A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. It had begun to snow again. He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, on the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling, too, upon every part of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead," Joyce. http://www.radford.ed...
FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:
Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandc...
PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar.
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/ac...
PARKING: They have a free parking lot.
Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelanda...
PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking.
Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentoma...
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Who attended?
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17 attendees
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Kay (+2 guests)“ Meet-up hosted by the friendly, charming Bill. The film was excellent. It's been a while since I've been to the Cinemateque, and last night reminded me what a truly great treasure it is. Thinking about the Charlie Chaplin series with my French friends, who adore him, in July. ” -
“ The movie was just okay, but the dinner at Nighttown was great. Good conversation. Thanks, Bill for doing such a good job at organizing. ” -
“ the film was an accurate adaptation of joyce's short story which was, shall i say deadly. some may benefit from reading the original. the evening was salvaged with a great meal at nighttown and wonderful company. ” -
“ Movie was boring--but short, thankfully... glad we mixed it up and went to Cinemateque. Interesting conversation afterwards... Nighttown was a great choice -- they do a good job accommodating a large group. ” -
Abi-Ru Shirzan (+1 guest)“ Okay, a group like this is about the film--partially. But, much more, it's about sharing the experience of the film with other people--and you simply could not ask for a better circle of folks than this. The movie was not one of the all-time greats--but the evening WAS. My teen-aged daughter and I felt welcomed, warmly greeted, accepted by new friends who were smart, fun, kind, and open-minded. A wonderful experience. The contrast between the superficial, cliche banquet at the center of "The Dead" and the lively, probing, friendly, spontaneous feast at Nighttown could hardly have been more pronounced. Thanks--profound thanks--to all of you for a memorable evening. We hope to join you again--often! ” -
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Your organizer's refund policy for The Dead - Cinematheque / Nighttown
Refunds offered if:
- the Meetup is cancelled
Additional notes: You may use your payment towards a future event if you are unable to attend.
Payments you make go to the organizer, not to Meetup. You must make refund requests to the organizer.
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