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"The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture." ~ Joseph Addison
So if you are looking to avoid a fallow mind and the resulting follies, here are some things to check out...

Deco Dawson
Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers' Artist in Residence
October 5, 7:00 pm: Reception for Deco at the CSIF Sofa Cinema.
October 6 & 7, 1:00 pm: Editing Workshop... The workshop will look at the differences between editing digitally and using old school methods. Space is limited.
October 11, 7:00 pm: The Last Moment, a Deco Dawson film premiere at the Plaza Theatre... "The Last Moment is currently on a tour of festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival and Montreal's Nouveau Cinema festival and CSIF's presentation is its first stop in Alberta! The Last Moment will be presented along with a selection of Dawson's short films, followed by a Q&A."
October 12, 7:00 pm: A Director's Eye lecture by Deco Dawson about his cinematic influences including the Surrealists, Film Noir, Dogme 95, late era Hitchcock, French New Wave and recent filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino.

"Killer of Sheep"
Film screening by the Calgary Cinematheque Society
October 10, 7:00 pm at the Plaza Cinema
"Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse... The Library of Congress has declared it a national treasure as one of the first fifty on the National Film Registry and the National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time. However, due to the expense of the music rights, the film was never shown theatrically or made available on video. It has only been seen on poor quality 16mm prints at few and far between museum and festival showings. Now, thirty years after its debut, the new 35mm print of Killer of Sheep, brilliantly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive, is ready for its long-awaited international release."

"Good Girls Don't"
A play by Mob Hit Productions
October 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 & 13 at 8:00 pm at the Arrata Opera Centre
"Good Girls Don't follows the story of Kimi, a 15 year old Japanese girl who is obsessed with famous poisoner and serial killer Graham Young. Striving to exceed Young's body count and scientific discoveries, Kimi sits alone in front of her computer for months spreading her doctrine halfway around the world while her mother dies in the next room. In another hemisphere, 16 year old Christine Brewer is struggling to flourish under the foreboding shadow of her alcoholic mother. Alone, isolated, and seeking guidance, Christine turns to an internet chat room for friendship. What she finds is a game of lies, manipulation, and murder that will make you lurch with every twist and turn of Ellen Chorley's script."

One of my favourite Calgary actresses, Emma Claire Miller, is featured in this play. That's enough of a reason for me to go... even if it didn't sound wonderfully dark and twisted!

So now go out there and get yourself a little culture (and I don't mean the yogurt kind)!

Labels: film, theatre