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Rooftop Films: Shorts About Love (Event Over)
- When:Fri 6/20/08 (8PM)
- Where: Open Road Rooftop
- Address: 350 Grand Street @ Essex in Manhattan New York, NY Map
- Cost: $9
Editors' Take
Short films about love and loneliness will tug at your jaded heartstrings; Deer Tick will make you gaga for the new wave of Americana; an open Radeberger beer bar at the after party will wash all your sorrows away.
Tickets for this Event
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General Admission - $9.00
No refunds. In the event of rain, show will be held indoors at the same location. There is food for sale on the roof and all purchases go to benefit New Design high School to help save their arts programs. Seating is first come, first served. Physical seats are limited. This means you may not get a chair. You are welcome to bring a blanket and picnic. Food is allowed, however absolutely NO ALCOHOL is allowed on the premises.
In the event of rain the show will be held indoors at the same location
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Deer Tick ( www.myspace.com/deertick)
9:00PM: Films
11:30PM - 1:00AM: After Party: Open Bar at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St @ Grand) Courtesy of Radeberger beer
Tickets: $9
Preview: See short films from this program at www.IFC.com
Presented in partnership with: KY, New York magazine, IFC.com, Open Road New York & New Design High School
Rooftop Films, KY & New York magazine present
All is Fair: Romance Shorts
Lonely souls break all the rules as they search for love in strange ways and illogical places.
Lonely people in love do desperate things. This impulsive behavior can lead to thrilling moments—sometimes even wonderful, long-term, loving relationships. But if we are honest with ourselves we realize that more often than not the root emotions that drive us to pursue a new romance, to consummate it, and even to continue it, are rarely those emotions that we would generally classify as noble. With our back against the wall the butterflies in our stomach become far more insidious creatures, undermining our judgment and often driving us toward radical decisions—not all of them sound.
Ignoble drives are on full display in this program of short films, and seeing all of these works together we realize that raw emotions and questionable choices are the very elements that make a sensual moment truly romantic—and that make a romantic film genuinely riveting to watch. Romantic urges lead some into questionable or dangerous situations (Man), while others end up falling for the wrong people (Baby Cakes Diary #4). Emotions drive some to confusion and a reluctant detached isolation (Mr. P), and some feel so powerless that they choose to end their relationship--even before it has reached its nadir (The Pull). But when we overcome our insecurities we can experience the blissful sensations of a nascent, mutual love (Two Cars, One Night). And even when things do go wrong, we can at least derive some humor and wisdom from the lessons that we have learned along the way (Teat Beat of Sex).
Caught in the grip of desperate, romantic love, the only thing we can do is ride the wave, forget about the rules, and hope that in the end we make the right decisions. Speaking of his father’s Amazonian girlfriend, Brad Neely’s Baby Cakes says, “When I was around her, I felt like a goblin made entirely out of wicked genitals. I am a horrible person.” Baby Cakes is not a horrible person, he is just human and in love.
The Films
Baby Cakes Diary 4 (Brad Neely | Austin | 4:00)
A lovelorn baby Cakes tells his diary, “When I was around her, I felt like a goblin made entirely out of wicked genitals.” We ask: who hasn’t felt that way about their dad’s girlfriend?
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Mr. Unhappy Part 1 (Mehmet Selcuk Bilge | Istanbul | 15:00)
In his Mr. Unhappy Trilogy, Mehmet Selcuk Bilge plays a man who meets strangers on the street and in bars and videotapes their first (and last) night together, tantalizing his companions with his shifting moods, his overtures and retreats.
Mr. P (Jacob Vaughan |Texas |12:00)
A lovelorn, phone sex-addicted tutor gets schooled by his pupil in crisis management.
The Pull (Andy Blubaugh | Portland | 8:00)
Hoping to keep his relationship passionate and balanced, a man sets an undisclosed deadline for the end of his romance.
Intermission
Two Cars, One Night (Taika Waititi | New Zealand | 12:00)
While waiting for their parents, two boys and a girl meet in the carpark of a rural pub. What at first seems to be a relationship based on rivalry soon develops into a close friendship, and perhaps something more.
Man (Myna Joseph | New York | 14:30)
Two young adolescent sisters explore their sexuality and the rules of seduction as they navigate an encounter with a young man whose intentions are far from clear.
Teat Beat of Sex Episodes 8-11 (Signe Baumane | Latvia/New York | 7:00)
Do you know why women need to wear panties? Long-time Rooftop alum Signe Baumane’s Teat Beat episodes express Signe’s very woman-centric take on sex and pass along her hard-earned lessons about erotic love.
After the Rain (Gaelle Denis | London | 15:45)
A surreal romantic comedy about a love affair that develops between a waitress who evaporates when she cries and a laundry man who coughs feathers in times of anxiety.
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