Jun 20, 2012
SFFILM
Indie auteur Todd Solondz will introduce his new film Dark Horse, (USA 2011), an unsettling tale of a 35-year-old action figure collector who hopes to add a wife to his possessions, at an exclusive San Francisco premiere 9:00 pm, July 19 at San Francisco Film Society Cinema (1746 Post Street).
Solondz, the master of the “sorrowful comedy” (his term), carefully and humorously examines the life of a middle-aged schlub. Abe, an overweight and sometimes belligerent man-child in his mid-30s, lives with his folks (marvelously played by Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow) and works ineffectually for his father. He collects action figures, drives a bright yellow Hummer and often evinces an optimistic streak, though he quickly turns nasty when things don’t go his way. Selma Blair plays Miranda, the dysfunctional object of Abe’s intense romantic affections. As ever, Solondz is interested in the environments and the people who revolve around his main characters, particularly Abe’s coworkers and an ex-boyfriend of Miranda’s. Using this prism, he shows the failings and fantasies of his protagonists, perhaps pointing a way forward for them both. NOTE: Todd Solondz will be present to introduce the screening. Written by Todd Solondz, Photographed by Andrij Parekh, With Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Aasif Mandvi. 84 mins. Distributed by Vitagraph Films.
Showtime 9:00 pm
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office opens June 26 online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
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At SF Film Society Cinema, the stylish state-of-the art theater located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis.
More upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Continuing on consecutive Saturdays through July 21: The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Through June 21: The Woman in the Fifth
June 21: Master Class: The Politics of the Cutting Room Floor
Opening June 22: Found Memories
June 22-July 7: KinoTek: Adriane Colburn: Ways, Points and Means
Opening June 29: Corpo Celeste
Opening July 6: Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Also Opening July 13: Ballplayer: Pelotero
Also opening July 13: Bonsái
July 14 only: The Storytellers Show
Opening July 20: A Burning Hot Summer
July 20-August 11: KinoTek: Nate Boyce, video and sculpture
Opening July 27: Sacrifice Chen Kaige’s latest is a character-driven epic of retribution and regret written in the Yuan Dynasty.
August 24: Master Class: Les Blank on Documentary
September 15-October 20: KinoTek: Brent Green, sculpture and animation
December: KinoTek: Kota Ezawa, animation