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Watching good movies in the Austin area and hanging out before/after the screenings at bars/restaurants close to the venues.

This group's purpose is to cultivate a community of folks who share the love of Cinema.

Any attempt to define "arthouse" movies, as it usually goes with definitions, is doomed to fail. A rough demarcation, nevertheless, could do some good. I see the artistic value of a cinematic production in its conscious or unconsciousness attempt for reaching emotional/intellectual depth, to defamiliarize the familiar, to bring out some unknown to the view, to shake and enrich our existence. As such, the attempt is more important than the result and the failures valuable in one way or another.

We do not need to watch Godard backwards to count as an "arthouse movie" club, although that sounds fun. But we won't watch the 537th remake of Superman or James Bond here. Everyone else does. Let's do something more interesting.

You can contact the Organizer by text: 804-573-9168 for any feedback or questions.

Meetup structure:

  1. Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening.
  2. Event Host will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening
  3. The group will proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion.
  4. The Discussion:
    1. Introductions
    2. Each participant will share their one sentence that best captures the film. Imagine you had to pitch the film (you just watched) as an idea to some hypothetical producers, how would you summarize it in one line?
    3. Open-ended discussion
    4. Close-out and Rating: At the conclusion of the discussion, each participant will rate the film on the scale of four stars. Event Host will tally all the ratings and calculate the average rating and post it in the event's message board.

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