Thursday December 13th
 TWO FILM SCREENINGS, ONE NIGHT!!!!

KEEPING UP WITH JONES
An avant garde documentary satire.
Thursday December 13th 2007
2 screenings (6:30PM and 7:45 PM)
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Film Synopsis:

'Keeping Up With Jones', is a film about a homeless man who is approached by a filmmaker. As the filming begins the filmmaker and Jones argue over how to make a movie. Jones is troubled by the fact that they are filming things that he does not do in real life. He plays along up to a point, even attempting to suggest a better dramatic ending, explaining 'I go out to the movies alot, especially when it's cold and wet out'. To no avail, the filmmaker won't listen. Enter the young beautiful journalist who needs a project to finish her degree at Columbia University. Jones is easy to engage, especially since he hangs out begging from rich students at the main gate.


She upgrades her project into a book concept and seeks out the advise of her professor. The filmmaker is beside himself as he fears that she is stealing his ideas, stealing Jones. They argue over who has rights to Jones. Jones uses this unique position to extract more and more money from the two which he uses to support his 'jones' habit. The filmmaker and journalist decide to call a truce and perhaps work together as they are both experiencing difficulties dealing with Jones. They head out to dinner together while Jones hosts a beggars banquet for his cronies in the park at night. The filmmaker and journalist spend the night together but things go all wrong.

   THE BRIDGE
Director: Eric Steel
Running Time: 94 minutes
Released: 2006

Starts at @ 8:30 p.m.


Inspired by a New Yorker story, "Jumpers," written by Tad Friend, director Eric Steel decided to train cameras on the Golden Gate Bridge over the course of 2004 to capture the people who attempted to leap off the famed structure, the site of more suicides than anywhere else in the world. He also tracked down and interviewed the friends, family members, and eyewitnesses to further recreate the events leading up to the incident and to try to explain what led these people to want to kill themselves, especially at this specific site. The documentary's primary subjects all struggled with mental illness, including severe depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders, and the documentary struggles to understand their illness while illuminating the anger and hurt of their loved ones. Most questions remain unanswered, turning on the darker recesses of the mind. The shots of the bridge wreathed in fog turn the Golden Gate into a metaphor for a bridge between life and death, sanity and mental disturbance, and extreme isolation and connection with society. Though the camera crew worked with a set of guidelines, including that they would call in someone they thought was going to jump, the documentary still includes lengthy footage of the moments leading up to and including the suicides, so discretion is advised for sensitive viewers.
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