Films From the Eighties May 18- July 6, 2010

Clapp, a serious film buff, has regularly reviewed films for over seven years.  “As a film lover maintaining an Internet review thread, I have written over 2,500 reviews.  I have a personal movie collection of over 2,000 DVDs.  Flick’s Café is a great way to raise funds and awareness for the library’s film collection. I am delighted to share my passion for the art of motion pictures for the enrichment of the library,” stated Mr. Clapp.

The downtown library auditorium, a.k.a. “Flick’s Café,”  will be accessed from the library’s 11th Street entrance on Tuesday nights during the film series. The café setting allows movie patrons a relaxed comfortable seating arrangement.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for coffee and desserts.  Films will begin at 6:30 p.m. after Mr. Clapp gives the audience a film review and the reasons he selected the film for inclusion in the Director’s Cuts series.  

Admission: suggested donation of $1.  Coffee and desserts will be priced separately. All proceeds will be used to buy new materials for the library’s Fine Arts collection.

Season Schedule

May 18 - Jean de Florette
This award-winning tale follows a city man who inherits a rural farm from his Mother, but is shunned by his new neighbor. See David's Notes.

May 25 - Manon of the Spring
In this sequel to Jean de Florette, the sowing of an earlier deceit bears a very bitter fruit. See David's Notes.

June 1 - Ruthless People
Do nice guys truly finish last? It very much depends on who is fighting in their corner. See David's Notes.

June 15 - Running on Empty
Radical parents have been running from the authorities for years and now the future of their children is at stake. See David's Notes.

June 22 - Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon lead an outstanding cast in an exemplary drama about lost dreams. See David's Notes.

July 6 - Babette's Feast
Elderly daughters of a beloved minister unselfishly bury their hopes in a rural backwater to extend his ministry for a greater prize. See David's Notes.

For more information on these films and Flick’s Cafe, please call 757-5310. To view notes from the previous series see Director's Cuts- Romance, Complicated Youth, Faith, Bitter and Sweet, Alternate Realities, Great Shorts, Films From the Thirties, Forties, Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies.