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Do you love all kinds of movies classic, arthouse, cult, film noir, quirky? If so, The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group may be the group for you! OUR INTENTION is to provide a wide range of film-based activities from movie screenings at local theaters to more esoteric events like film book clubs or discussions about everything film. We welcome you to join us as we explore all that the Third Coast has to offer for the film fanatic.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group is dedicated to building an active, inclusive, harmonious community of diverse film fans through a variety of events that invite members to come together to nurture their film fanatic minds. Our hope is that these events will foster new connections leading to lasting and meaningful friendships and film education.
EVENT HOST AND EVENT ORGANIZER OPPORTUNITIES
We are always looking for people who might be interested in being an Event Host or Event Organizer . This is how we ensure the continued success and growth of our group, and is also one of the best ways to meet and get to know people! If you have a special classic or indie film you love, chances are others in the group would enjoy it as well! We'll be happy to help you get started hosting your own event at a local theater or even at your home or restaurant!
THE INDEPENDENT AND CLASSIC FILM FANS MEETUP GROUP CODE OF CONDUCT
All members will be expected to demonstrate courteous, cordial behavior in action and speech when participating in concert with the stated mission and spirit of our community when attending our events. Whether engaged in online dialogue or in person, Event Hosts continuously strive to create and maintain a welcoming, harmonious, supportive environment at their events where every member deserves to feel comfortable and warmly integrated into the community. Offensive behaviors will not be tolerated and will be addressed. If you believe someone violates the code of conduct, we ask that you report it in person to your event host, then make a written complaint by email to a member of the leadership team. The leadership team will consider and investigate the complaint and allow the accused party to review and respond to the written and signed complaint.
UPDATED NOTICE OF ASSUMED RISK AND RELEASE AND WAIVER
Now the legal stuff.
Meetup, Inc. and The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group do NOT maintain health, auto, home, life, accident, or other insurance policies applicable to members of The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group.
The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group holds all sorts of events, both physically demanding and otherwise. Therefore, attendance and participation in any event or activity sponsored by The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group is solely your responsibility and an agreement to the following terms.
RELEASE. By participating or attending any Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group event you are hereby agreeing to the following “Release and Waiver”. Under the terms of this Release and Waiver, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, you do hereby release and forever discharge The Independent and Classic Film Fans Meetup Group (hereafter “the Group”), its organizers, event hosts, and other group members (hereafter “Releasees”) including their agents, employees, successors and assigns, and their respective heirs, personal representatives, affiliates, successors and assigns, and any and all persons, firms or corporations liable or who might be claimed to be liable, whether or not herein named, none of whom admit any liability to the undersigned, but all expressly denying liability, from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, causes of action or suits of any kind or nature whatsoever, which now have or may hereafter have, arising out of or in any way relating to any and all injuries and damages of any and every kind, to both person and property, and also any and all injuries and damages that may develop in the future, as a result of or in any way relating to the liability from any event or gathering sponsored by the Group. It is understood and agreed that by attending or participating in any of the Group’s events or activities, you are acknowledging that you are participating in the Group’s activities voluntarily and at your own risk. You am aware of the risks involved in the activities, as well as those associated with traveling to and from the activities, which may include, but are not limited to, physical injury, illness, disfigurement, temporary or permanent disability, psychological injury, pain, suffering, property damage, economic loss, and death. You understand that these injuries or damages may be the result of your own or others' negligence, or conditions related to the activities’ location. Nevertheless, you assume all risks involved, both known and unknown to you, of my participation in these activities. You acknowledge that these activities may involve trials of participants' physical and mental limits, and may include the risk of serious injury, death, and property loss. The risks include, but are not limited to, those caused by the location, terrain, facilities, weather, temperature, condition of participants, lack of hydration, equipment, vehicular traffic, and the actions of others, including, but not limited to, participants, volunteers, spectators, and event hosts. You acknowledge that you have carefully read this Waiver and Release, and fully understand that it is a release of liability, meaning that you give up the right to hold Releasees liable for any damages related to the activities.
Bevorstehende Events (1)
Alles ansehen- REAR WINDOW (1954) at AFSAFS Cinema, Austin, TX
There are directors and there are directors.
And then there's Hitchcock.
Let's go watch one of my three favorite Hitchcock films on the big screen at the Austin Film Society, and truly marvel how the man could keep us completely and utterly transfixed looking at Jimmy Stewart in a wheelchair looking out a window at someone else for two hours. Of course it doesn't hurt that Grace Kelly is in there most of the time either.
REAR WINDOW (1954) is the master at his absolute best, not only for it's suspense but also for its commentary on a world without privacy that resonates just as much today as it did when the film was made.
Jimmy Stewart plays a somewhat rakish bachelor magazine photographer who has been temporarily confined to a wheelchair in his apartment after a skiing accident. The boredom of his situation is so complete he starts innocently spying out his back window at the others in his apartment house, using the telephoto lens on his camera to become a really somewhat creepy voyeur. Not even his stunning girlfriend (Grace Kelly, who was never better) can change his fascination with the unsuspecting lives being played out in front of him, and even she starts getting sucked in to the imagined stories of what they are seeing across their interior courtyard.
That is until they see some extremely suspicious activity directly across from them, and the couple start to believe that someone is in mortal danger. But with no proof, the police refuse to investigate, and the pair start going to some pretty extreme measures to prove their suspicions. It is Hitchcock's slyest cat and mouse caper ever, made all the better by Stewart and Kelly's performances, which hover between a somewhat shocking lackadaisical attitude towards the morality of what they are doing and a genuine sense that perhaps a little creepy peeping is ok if in the cause of saving someone's life. But it's also hard to blame their main subject, Raymond Burr in one of his best bad guy roles, from feeling violated and deciding maybe its time to turn the tables.
From its complex story to its set design to its intricate camera work to its gorgeous costumes, REAR WINDOW is truly one of the best movies of the 1950's, and as I said, one of my three favorite Hitchcock films.
So let's not miss this chance to see it in all its glory on the big screen. With a 6:00 pm start time, there should be plenty of time to perhaps head down to Easy Tiger or another watering hole afterwards to talk about the movie.
We'll meet at the theater at 5:30 pm in the AFS Lobby for a showtime of 6:00 pm. AFS can occasionally sell out, so its always a good idea to get your tickets in advance online (go to https://www.austinfilm.org/screening/rear-window-2/ ). I like to go in as the doors open as seats are not reserved. Those doors will probably open around 5:30 if not before, but I'll hang in the lobby until 5:45.
REAR WINDOW (1954)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; 1 hr 52 min.
