I'm pleased to announce - now that it's official - that I have been working with Indiana University Cinema and the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies on a film event showcasing Ray Bradbury on screen.
In March 2015 in Bloomington, Indiana, there will be a week of screenings and panel discussions which will include a unique pairing:
Francois Truffaut's 1966 film version of FAHRENHEIT 451, screening alongside (for the first time anywhere) "A Sound of Different Drummers", a live TV drama from the 1950s directed by John Frankenheimer. "Drummers" was an UNauthorised adaptation of FAHRENHEIT, which resulted in Ray Bradbury suing CBS Television for breach of copyright. (He won.)
The events culminate with another great pairing: MOBY DICK (John Huston, 1956) and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Jack Clayton, 1983) - both from screenplays by Bradbury.
Other special items in the programme include IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE being screened in its original 3D format, and various short subjects including ICARUS MONTGOLFIER WRIGHT.
Originally posted by philnic: Anyone care to make this event the next meeting of the Bradbury Board?
What is the Bradbury Board?
10 January 2015, 02:27 AM
dandelion
Members here, or at least the real, genuine, sincere ones.
10 January 2015, 03:53 AM
philnic
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Originally posted by djmonolith: What is the Bradbury Board?
THIS is the Bradbury Board!
WE are the Bradbury Board!
A few years ago, a very small handful of us met at a conference in California. A year or two after that, another very small (but differently consituted) handful met for Ray's 90th birthday party, also in California.
Join me in Indiana for the film screenings, and we can declare it the latest meeting of the Board!
Sorry I couldn't make it and hope all goes the very best!!!
24 March 2015, 08:08 PM
philnic
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Originally posted by dandelion: Sorry I couldn't make it and hope all goes the very best!!!
Thanks, dandy. The opening night went very well. A hundred people in the auditorium, which is pretty good for a rainy Tuesday night. We're expecting a bigger crowd on Thursday, for IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE in 3D. I'm told 140 tickets have already been allocated, and more people will just turn up on spec.