Monday, February 12, 2007

Blue Collar

One of my favourite films is showing at Cafe Crema (306 New Cross Road, SE14) next week. Blue Collar is a 1978 film directed by Paul Schrader (best known for Taxi Driver), featuring Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor as Detroit autoworkers coming up against the company and corrupt union officials. A great title track too by Captain Beefheart.

I once saw this at the Ritzy in Brixton, with the reels shown in the wrong order, so we got to see the end of the film before the middle - half the audience jeered, the remainder obviously thought it was deliberate - perhaps reminded of Godard's famous remark that a film should 'have a beginning, middle, and end, but not necessarily in that order'.

The New Cross showing is on Wednesday 21st Feburary, 7:30 pm (for food), film at 8.
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5 comments:

  1. kate14 February 2007 at 19:40

    i didnt know there was a cinema on new cross road, a gay sauna yes but cinema.

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  2. Anonymous15 February 2007 at 08:41

    It's not actually a cinema, but a nice vege cafe where they have film nights.

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  3. kate15 February 2007 at 08:55

    cool

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  4. pilgrim16 February 2007 at 19:39

    The title music isn't just Beefheart: its the Don singing, with Ry Cooder playing distressed guitar, and production by Jack Nitzsche. And Jim Keltner on drums, IIRC.

    Great film, too. I might toddle along, if I manage to organise myself...

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  5. Anonymous22 February 2007 at 13:13

    What a great film, what a lovely vegetable polenta I had.
    Thanks for the recommendation.

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