THE BEST OF LOST & FOUND FILM CLUB

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – 7:30 PM & 10:00 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
ALL ON 16MM!

Over the last two years, The Cinefamily’s Lost & Found Film Club has made a name for itself as Hollywood’s greatest (and only) monthly showcase of rarely-screened ephemeral and unclassifiable short films– always presented in that most gloriously fuzzed-out of formats: 16mm film. Collecting eclectic oddities from estate sales, auctions, libraries, friends & neighbors, Lost & Found has made a hobby of rescuing under-appreciated treasures from oblivion. Now they’ve brought their greatest “finds” across the country for a “best-of” revue brimming with eye-popping experiments, student animation, strange docs and even a little harmless smut.

We’ll look at some of Jim Henson’s “for hire” work using Muppets to spice up dull corporate meetings, a sci-fi Arthur C. Clarke adaptation filled with outrageous aliens, and a real police training film discouraging the use of shotguns on public streets. Plus awkward teen dating, the first-ever commercial appearance by the Kool-Aid Man, 80’s insect love, and a secret 16mm surprise from the father of America’s favorite cartoon family.

Come see some LA ephemera as it was meant to be seen: leaders, scratches, splices and all!

Featuring:
MACHINE STORY
Dir. Doug Miller, 1983.
USA, 4 min.
CalArts Student Film

DOUBLETALK
Dir. Alan Beattie, 1975.
USA, 10 min.

MUPPET MEETING FILMS – MUPPET SIDE SPLITTER
Dir. Jim Henson, 1981.
USA, 9 min.

CIGARETTE STYLE
Dir. Unknown
USA, 3 min.

SHOTGUN OR SIDEARM
Sid David Productions, 1977.
USA, 14 min.
Pasadena Police Dept. Training Film

THE FIRST KOOL-AID MAN COMMERCIAL
Dir. Unknown, 1975.
USA, 30 sec.

WHY’D THE BEETLE CROSS THE ROAD
Dir. Jan Skrentny, 1985.
USA, 8 min.

RESCUE PARTY
Dir. Bernard Wilets, 1978.
USA, 25 min.
BFA Science Fiction series: Arthur C. Clarke adaptations

AND MORE SURPRISES!