Zeitgeist CALENDAR
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The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave (one block East of Orleans Parish in Arabi):
November 7 through 13::
Opening on November 7:
7:00 pm nightly
CITY WIDE FEVER by Josh Heaps, produced by GUY MADDIN.
Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores. City Wide Fever is a modern giallo film starring a number of familiar faces, including Larry Fessenden, Ian Fidance, Michael M. Bilandic, and Carolyn Farina. “We chose to shoot on a Mini DV camera to get a gritty 2000s vibe. Euro horror with a necessary 21st century update.”
COMING SOON:
Saturday, November 15 @ 7:00 pm
THE URANIA TRILOGY by legendary musician, artist, filmmaker TAV FALCO
An American girl, Gina Lee is an alienated and disaffected female who has become disenchanted with hometown strip malls, sleaze bars, and rides along the river-side in her BMW. Impulsively she buys a discount airline ticket in a shopping mall travel agency. Destination: Vienna, the merry/sinister imperial city on the Danube. Gina Lee quickly slips into discreet, yet decadent dalliances at Cafe Central and at the notorious Hotel Orient, where she becomes embroiled in an intrigue to uncover buried Nazi plunder. Her tragic liaison with rakish Karl Heinz Von Riegl results in her submersion beneath the dark waters of Lake Atter, yet her ultimate fate remains unresolved. This is a black&white film poem infused with metaphor and mood, where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past.
This sui generis, hand-processed 16mm film is digitized and ready for projection in its definitive form in ProresHQ @ 2K. It is a film made for those hungry to submerge themselves in Orphic mysteries and to embrace narratives of timeless consequence. The Urania Trilogy is haunting. It explores myth, memory, and identity through dreamlike structures - evoking a shifting reality where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past, while already hurling itself into the future. This film is intended for aficionados in search of a cinema of paradox in a pure, yet contaminated form. The incarnation of subversion...The insolence of deception...The exultation of vengeance. One night Only!
Opens November 14:
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday @ 4:30 pm)
KOLN 75 by Ido Fluk
Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.
Opening November 21:
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday)
THE FRIENDS by Shinji Somai (1994 restored 2024)
It’s the dog days of summer vacation. Up to no good, a group of three wily young friends discover a decrepit house and the old coot who lives there all alone. They begin to spy on him, expecting to find his corpse when he dies. But soon, as they learn the sad story behind his present wretchedness, the boys develop a touching bond with the old-timer. They even help replant his overgrown garden. Shinji Somai’s follow-up to his acclaimed Moving is a comic spectacle of movement and play and a stirring contemplation on time’s ravages and delights. Evoking other preteen anarchist masterpieces like Typhoon Club and P.P. Rider, the film is another testament to Somai’s singular ability to enter into the unruly world of children, using his liberated long takes to stir up the energies of a raucous ensemble of first-time performers. [Please Note: This film has been pushed back as not to compete with the New Orleans Film Festival]
Friday, November 21 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES presented by the UNO Creative Writing Workshop. Free.
Friday, November 28 @ 11:00 am
TOM MOGLE MEMORIAL
Sunday, November 2 @ 7:00 pm
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE GOLD RUSH (100th Anniversary) presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
Saturday, December 13 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
DANCING GROUNDS
a special multi-generational dance performance and community fundraiser.
Friday, December 28 from noon to 3:00 pm
Private Birthday Party
Sunday, January 4 @ 7:00 pm
J.M. BARRIE'S PETER PAN by Herbert Brenon (1924) presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
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6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032 www.zeitgeistnola.org (504) 352-1150
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrated its 31st anniversary this November.
Come join us!
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