BACKSTAGE PASS: SID AND NANCY

PS Cultural Center Presents

In the Historic Camelot Theatre:

-BACKSTAGE PASS-

A BIO PIC FILM SERIES

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5 INDISPENSABLE MUSIC BIOPICS

On the BIG SCREEN and in Air-Conditioned Comfort

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7/14 – Sid and Nancy (1986) Alex Cox (114 mins.)

We LOVE Alex Cox. And there are few actors capable of the kind of transformation Gary Oldman undergoes for this role. Totally mesmerizing! Heartbreaking too, though Cox, we think, is also keen not to allow the tragedy to slip into some sort of cheap mythology. It’s an extremely fine line, and Cox walks it with characteristic dexterity and a proper dose of cynicism. 

Sid: “This is just a rough patch. Things'll be much better when we get to America, I promise.”

Nancy: “We're in America. We've been here a week. New York is in America…”

PLUS… ATTEND THE CONCERT at:

Deserted Films Presents

ENCORE: A BIG SCREEN CONCERT FILM SERIES

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5 Essential Concert films

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OPENING ACT:Treasures from the Deserted Films Archives

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7/7 – Stop Making Sense (1984) Jonathan Demme (88 mins.)

7/21 – Elvis: That’s the Way it Is (1970) Denis Sanders (108 mins.)

8/4 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) Aram Avakian + Bert Stern (85 mins.)

8/18 – Woodstock (1970) Michael Wadleigh (224 mins.)

9/1 – Wattstax (1973) Mel Stuart (103 mins.)