Here’s a cool night for you: wander through the Soap Factory’s amazing 99 dollar sale and then, around 8:30, head on out for that masterpiece of paranoia, The Parallax View, part of Take-Up Productions and S.F.’s “You Were Never Here” autumn film series.
I’m not DeSmith, but I’ll put in a plug for the art sale anyway. It’s not just that the art is 99 bucks, but it’s all the same size (5 by 7–and that’s inches, so don’t go making a Spinal Tap mistake) and the artist’s name is hidden. It’s like the best of an art gallery, grab-bag, Salvation Army collection, and Antiques Roadshow discovery all wrapped up into one! That’s might be a stretch, but it’s still a great concept, and if you go tonight, you and your $35 bucks will get wine and comestibles and first dibs at trying to figure out which is Dan Savage’s doodle, should you seek such a prize. Even better, you could end up with a David Rathman.
Being the movie reviewer, I’ll also mention that the night will end perfectly if you wander outside and catch Alan J. Pakula’s Parallax View. One hell of a crazy movie, this. Warren Beatty plays a reporter whose colleague/lover Paula Prentiss witnesses the assassination of a prominent politician and believes it was a conspiracy. Beatty begins to believe her when she and all six other witnesses suddenly die. Soon, Beatty’s investigation takes him within the Parallax Corporation, and events begin to spiral out of control.
It’s a terribly creepy film. Plied on fine wine and the feeling that you just bought a cheap masterpiece will make the experience even more profound. Fellows, be sure to bring your sport coats to drape over the shoulders of your lady friends, as it is sure to get brisk outside as the sun falls and your heart chills at what’s unfolding on the silver screen.
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