[FoRK] Adam Rifkin in Person! Live in LA 4/24 :)

[Lucas Gonze]

I knew Adam moonlighted in a nordic death metal outfit, but this
directing thing is truly versatile.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Rohit Khare <khare at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2008/Aero/OneNightEvents_March_April_2008.htm#DARK%20BACKWARD
>
>  Thursday, April 24 – 7:30 PM
>
>  Adam Rifkin In-Person! Double Feature:
>
>  THE DARK BACKWARD, 1991, New Line Cinema, 101 min. Dir. Adam Rifkin. Judd
> Nelson and Bill Paxton head up an eclectic cast (it also includes Rob Lowe,
> Wayne Newton, and James Caan) in this offbeat cult favorite. Nelson is Marty
> Malt, a garbage man who dreams of becoming the next Jay Leno; the only
> problem is, his very strange buddy (Paxton) is the only person who finds his
> jokes funny. When Marty grows an arm on his back, however, the new appendage
> works its way into his act and brings him a strange sort of comic success.
>
>  DETROIT ROCK CITY, 1999, New Line Cinema, 95 min. Adam Rifkin pays tribute
> to the teenage love of rock and roll in this ode to Kiss, the 1970's, and
> ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. Edward Furlong heads up a group of four boys who
> get more and more desperate to see their favorite band in concert every time
> someone or something tries to stop them. As they attempt to get to a Kiss
> show, they undergo various rites of passage, all to the tune of a killer
> rock soundtrack. Discussion in between films with director Adam Rifkin and
> Bill Paxton.
>
>
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