Donnie Darko
Rob Radez
Fri Jan 30, Sat Jan 31, 08-10:00pm, 26-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Fee: 3.00 for Admission fee pays for film rental.
One of the IMDB top 100 movies of all time, Donnie Darko defies explanation. Its unique vision of 1980's high school life is just the beginning of its ingenuity. To say that it is about a high-school kid (Jake Gyllenhaal) who has visions of a giant rabbit who orders him to commit acts of violence and predicts the end of the world does not do this bizarre film justice. It is a social commentary, a dark mood piece, a puzzle waiting to be solved, and demands repeat viewing to fully appreciate.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-marathon.shtml#donniedarko
Contact: MIT Lecture Series Committee, W20-469, x3-3971, lsc@mit.edu
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LSC 26th Annual Science Fiction Marathon
Rob Radez, Erica Peterson
Sat Jan 24, 07pm-06:00am, 26-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 6.00 for Admission fee pays for film rental.
The 26th Annual Sci-Fi Marathon will feature the following films:
Lilo & Stitch (7:00 pm)
Minority Report (9:00 pm)
Donnie Darko (12 midnight)
The Fly (2:00 am)
WarGames (4:00 am)
The marathon also features special shorts, fun activities, and extra refreshments. Admission at 7pm is $6, and drops to $3 at 2am. Special group discount of $4.50/person available for groups larger than 20.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-marathon.shtml
Contact: MIT Lecture Series Committee, W20-469, x3-3971, lsc@mit.edu
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Lilo & Stitch
Rob Radez
Sun Jan 25, 07-09:00pm, 26-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 3.00 for Admission fee pays for film rental.
Disney's most unusual animated comedy returns to LSC. It features two Hawaiian sisters trying to be a family, a social services worker looking for an excuse to tear them apart, and one indestructible, experimental super-creature who has escaped execution on a far-off world. Disguised as a dog (or perhaps an evil koala?) the creature is adopted by the girls and proceeds to learn about love, family, and Elvis. Meanwhile, the alien government from which he escaped is still looking to capture and kill him. They'll sure be surprised when they find out he's become a little girl's fun-loving pet - that is, if the girls can keep their family together as long as it takes for the incompetent officials to find their way to Earth.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-marathon.shtml#liloandstitch
Contact: MIT Lecture Series Committee, W20-469, x3-3971, lsc@mit.edu
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Minority Report
Rob Radez
Sun Jan 25, 10pm-12:00am, 26-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 3.00 for Admission fee pays for film rental.
Detective John Anderton (not to be confused with Mr. Anderssssen) works in the Department of Pre-Crime where three gifted people capable of predicting future violence are kept in a futuristic whirlpool where they are isolated from society and hooked to a machine that reads their precognitions. When they see a crime about to occur, Anderton and his associates arrest the perpetrator before anyone gets hurt. Anderton is on the verge of discovering a terrible secret about the Pre-Cogs when suddenly he is named as a predicted murderer and finds himself on the run from his own coworkers. This 2002 Philip K. Dick thriller, directed by Steven Spielberg, stars Tom Cruise, features music by John Williams, and is considered as a modern-day classic.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-marathon.shtml#minorityreport
Contact: MIT Lecture Series Committee, W20-469, x3-3971, lsc@mit.edu
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