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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i didnt know there was a cinema on new cross road, a gay sauna yes but cinema.
It's not actually a cinema, but a nice vege cafe where they have film nights.
cool
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...
What a great film, what a lovely vegetable polenta I had.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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