SEVEN SAMURAI (35mm) @ The Secret Movie Club Theater

1917 BAY ST,LOS ANGELES CA 90021

17 December, 2022

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SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents Part of our HAPPY HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! Series, Saturday, December 17, 2022 LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021 *Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate. 7pm SEVEN SAMURAI (1954, dir. Akira Kurosawa, Janus, Japan, 207mns, 35mm) SPECIAL NOTE: We are working to screen this at the Million Dollar Theater. At the time the was going to press, we had not yet fully confirmed. So please only get a ticket if you’re happy seeing at either the Secret Movie Club Theater or the Million Dollar Theater. Going through the suggestions put in the Chinese Lion’s Mouth we’ve had on our greeting table since Secret Movie Club’s very first event, we came across this suggestion: “Seven Samurai-once per year is mando”. Like a bolt of clarifying lightning from Zeus, we thought. . .yes, this person is right. And so, as part of the last few events of 2022, we screen Akira Kurosawa’s towering masterpiece (and this Programmer’s desert island movie) Seven Samurai. On 35mm. And if you don’t consider that a holiday gift then we don’t know what else we can give you. Seven Samurai tells the story of a poor village of farmers who learn they’re to be raided in forty days by bandits. These raids bring violence, destruction and worse. This time the villagers, upon the advice of their elder, go to hire samurai. Ultimately they get seven samurai who agree to protect the village for nothing more than three bowls of rice a day. No fame. No glory. No reward other than it is the right thing to do. For a movie that runs 3 1/2 hours long, there is not one scene, one moment, one ounce of fat. The movie flies by, has you on the edge of your seat, and yet still finds a way to explore human complexity in as profound a way as any movie has. Kurosawa famously made Seven Samurai because he felt that cinema should be a rich meal. Though it took him over a year and many fights with the studio, Kurosawa eventually made the movie many feel is one of the ten greatest pictures ever made. It also boasts one of Toshiro Mifune’s greatest performances as a Kikuchiyo, a wild vagabond who forces himself upon the samurai, and ultimately plays one of the most pivotal roles in the ensuing conflict. This is a movie meant to be seen on 35mm. On the big screen. Join us. Happy Holidays! Best always, Craig Hammill Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer *Please note that though we strive to always show titles on 35mm film if advertised, we may have to screen digitally if the print we receive is in such bad shape or if we don't receive the print in time because of a shipping delay. We will do our best to alert the audience. When this does occur, we will offer each ticket holder who chooses not to attend a complimentary ticket to a future event in exchange. (Disclaimer: Good for 90 days – Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REFUNDS: We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry. However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write to us before showtime: [email protected] and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced) HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS: We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate. There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car. HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC? You can follow us on Instagram/Twitter: @secretmovieclub or Facebook: @secretmovieclub35mm You can also subscribe to our weekly email newsletter at secretmovieclub.com or by writing to us at [email protected] and using the header “SUBSCRIBE ME TO NEWSLETTER”. HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS: You can always email us at [email protected] with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.