Rumble Productions

A Rumble Productions/The Celluloid Drugstore/Radix Theatre/Eye of Newt Collective co-presentation

August 30 – September 1, 2002
Grandview Park, East Vancouver

A Labour Day weekend free-of-charge homage to the best in silent (and not-so-silent) cinema.

City Lights (1931)

Charles Chaplin

Screening: Friday, August 30

Ranked eighth on the American Film Institute’s list of top 100 US screen romances.

Le voyage dans la lune (Trip to the Moon, 1902)

Georges Méliès

Screening: Saturday, August 31 - Double Bill

A group of astronomers on an expedition to the moon. A magical short by “cinema’s father of fantasy.”

Lektionen in Finsternis (Lessons in Darkness, 1992)

Werner Herzog

Screening: Saturday, August 31 - Double Bill

Notorious German director, Werner Herzog documents the burning oil fields of Kuwait. Accompanying text written and performed by Vancouver poet and cultural critic Lisa Robertson. (Not suitable for young children.)

Mosura tai Gojira (1964) (Godzilla vs. Mothra)

Ishioro Honda

Screening: Sunday, September 1

Greedy businessmen have turned Mothra's egg into a billion-dollar tourist attraction - and she wants it back. With guest conductor Giorgio Magnanesi.