June 16, 2008
Movies Move In to Bryant Park for the Summer
Photo via Brian Fountain's Flickr.
The Bryant Park Summer Film Festival kicks off its 16th year tonight with the 1962 (Sean Connery era) Bond classic Dr. No, though it's likely the opening evening will get rained (and stormed) out. The Monday screenings will continue throughout the summer, however -- here's a look at the schedule:
June 16th, Dr. NoRain dates are the following night, but beware the moist grass! Last month it was reported that it harbors bacteria and can damage the skin, allowing "infectious organisms to sink in or take up residency in your shoes." If you don't want to end up with warts, or worse, bromhidrosi infection (stinky feet) -- then maybe you want to avoid the grassy area. For the fearless, the lawn opens at 5 p.m.!
June 23rd, Bride of Frankenstein
June 30th, HudJuly 7th, The Man Who Came to Dinner
July 14th, Fail-Safe
July 21st, Arsenic and Old Lace
July 28th, The ApartmentAugust 4th, Lifeboat
August 11th, The Candidate
August 18th, Superman
UPDATE: The organizers tell us, "We actually no longer have rain dates – if a film is canceled, we do not show it on another night. The most likely scenario is that the canceled movie might get put on the schedule for the following year." And as of 2:30 p.m. they say tonight's show is still on.
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Attention people who schedule movies for Bryant Park:
You may not be aware, but US movie production has been robust since 1970, and many people would actually be interested in watching movies that were released during their lifetimes.
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So what happened if the rain dates also get rained out (most likely to happen tomorrow too).
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Superman -- now there's a movie that deserves to be seen on a big screen. In NYC. The way the city used to be before Giuliani. But with all due respect to Hitchcock, Lifeboat was deathly dull. Titanic would be a better match since the Titanic was on its way to New York, after all. And what would be more appropriate than a ton of people out on an open lawn watching a ton of people out on an open deck of a ship running for their lives?
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These are pretty bad movie choices.