Sunday, January 28, 2007

The B&B Presents: Ladies Night

Tonight is the second night of previously screened (at this movie night) films by B-town. Tonight is all about the ladies getting their sweet sweet revengeance. Two beautifully filmed, yet violent pictures from Asia.

7:00 pm



Lady Vengeance (2005) South Korea

Chan Wook Park’s final episode in his lauded Vengeance Trilogy. Started in 2002 with Sympathy for Mister Vengeance and followed up by Old Boy these independently watchable films are known for their cinematic beauty intertwined with violence. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is said to play like a heady opera of wrongful imprisonment and elaborate brutal revenge.

9:00 pm



Lady Snowblood (1973) Japan
This film from the Toho studios a favorite in this house for the Japanese Exploitation genre stars one of our favorite actresses of the 70s Meiko Kaji. Kaji - with her distinctively capturing looks of death - plays Lady Snoowblood who, through the brutal slaying of her parents, lives for only one reason, bloody revenge!

Next Week: Religion is Scary!
Jesus Camp and Saved

2 comments:

Irrational said...

Possibly more than 4 hours of warning might be helpful in getting higher attendance.

Good flicks, though.

Corinne said...

I was about to suggest the same thing.

Possibly posting on the Google Calendar would be awesome, as well.

Thanks.