Indy Film Buffs Meetup Group

The Indy Cinema Series presents a screening of Michael Mann's film, "The Keep." Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, and Ian McKellen. The film will be presented on the big screen screen, in Clowes Auditorium Theater (300 seats) at Central Library. Free and open to all.

"The Keep" is a cosmic supernatural/horror film. It is the only horror film that Michael Mann attempted. It was cut short due to budget constraints. However, it was still finished and released. The film became a cult classic and appreciated by many sci/fi, horror, and cinema enthusiasts. Intro to film at 6:00 pm. The film starts at 6:05 pm.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085780/

We will meet 5 minutes before showtime at 5:50 p.m. at the threshold of the entrance theater. meet and greet.

After the film, Braden Wenndt and Jason Davis will host/meet at The Flatiron Restaurant (The old Elbow Room) at 605 North Pennsylvania Street (a couple of blocks away/walking distance) at 8:00p.m. to discuss the film. All are welcome to the conversation.
We look forward to meeting you and sharing "The Keep" with you,
Tuesday, August 4.

Let's get together in Broad Ripple Park to share our love of movies.
Our first round will be about movies that we have seen recently. Come prepared to share about a movie that you have recently seen (in a theater, at home, anywhere else). Give us a short plot teaser (no spoilers!) and your reactions to the movie. Please join in the conversation about other members' movies.
Our second round will be about movies where an actor known for playing good guys turns bad. What are your favorite examples of this? What does it take for this turn to be particularly effective?
There will be no Movie of the Month during August. Feel free to watch a new to you example of this heel turn. Road to Perdition is showing on Kanopy. It seems that Collateral and Once Upon a Time in the West are also streaming on Kanopy. (Kanopy is a streaming service free to most library card holders).
We will gather at the Picnic Knoll, a set of picnic tables just to the right of the playground on the edge of the main parking lot. In case of light rain, we will move to a nearby shelter. Please check for comments if the weather is dicey.

200 Motels is a 1971 surrealist musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa. An international co-production of United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars the Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. The film attempts to portray the craziness of life on the road as a rock musician, and as such consists of a series of unconnected nonsense vignettes interspersed with concert footage of the Mothers of Invention. Ostensibly, while on tour The Mothers of Invention go crazy in the small fictional town of Centerville ("a real nice place to raise your kids up"), wander around, and get beaten up in "Redneck Eats", a cowboy bar. In an animated interlude passed off as a "dental hygiene movie", bassist "Jeff", tired of playing what he refers to as "Zappa's comedy music", is persuaded by his bad conscience to quit the group, as did his real-life counterpart Jeff Simmons. Simmons was replaced by Martin Lickert (who was Starr's chauffeur) for the film. Almost every scene is drenched with video special effects (double and triple exposures, solarization, false color, speed changes, etc.) which were innovative in 1971. The film has been dubbed a "surrealistic documentary". Here's the trailer:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066732/
Feel free to bring a drink or a snack to share. We'll order some pizzas before the film. Please bring $5.00 if you'd like pizza to help with the cost. Hope to see you there!