"Obscene" News From My Friend Kim

Go see this movie! It is called "Obscene"! (but the movie is not.)
It is playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center at 164 North State Street
TEL 312-846-2600 http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/

Scroll down for the schedule. It starts this Fri Oct 31!
(We will be attending the 8pm showing this Friday oct 31.)
Clark and I saw "Obscene" at the 2007 Toronto Film Fest and we have been waiting anxiously for its release. and I am so glad that day is finally here. if you have any interest in literature, art, graphic design, the first amendment, freedom of speech and/or publishing you owe it to yourself to see the film and learn about how Barney Rosset has been a part of your education, even if you didn't know it or know who he is. It is a fun and at times funny documentary about an American living legend, what the Japanese would call a "living national treasure."

...and for those Parkerites out there, the subject is a Parker grad, 1940...and Clark and I got to spend an afternoon with Barney and his wife Astrid in April 2008 while we were in NYC (Truly a highlight in my life) and Barney's first wife, abstract expressionist painter Joan Mitchell, Parker grad '42, has a piece at the Whitney (top floor, next to Jackson Pollack and across the room from Andy Warhol).

FYI: Barney Rosset is written about in an article in The Arts section of Wednesday's New York Times. Francis Parker is also mentioned in a humorous way.

And once you have seen the film, tell your friends. Thanks! and enjoy.

This is the film center schedule: (I am providing the Keith Haring film times, too, because you can get a deal on the double feature.)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 31
6:15 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
8:00 OBSCENE
SATURDAY NOV 1
3:00 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
4:45 OBSCENE
6:30 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
8:15 OBSCENE
SUNDAY 2
3:15 OBSCENE
5:00 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
MONDAY 3
6:15 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
8:00 OBSCENE
TUESDAY 4
6:15 OBSCENE
8:00 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
WEDNESDAY 5
6:15 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
8:00 OBSCENE
THURSDAY 6
6:15 OBSCENE
8:00 THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING