Progressive Rock Party:
"YES IS THE ANSWER" book celebration
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GENESIS: LIVE (rare archival 35mm print!)
Saturday, June 15th | 7:45pm
Crimson, Genesis, Pink Floyd, oh my! No stranger to the maligned and the misunderstood in the realm of cinema, Cinefamily is thrilled to now turn the lights up on one of our favorite musical dreamscapes -- one traditionally scoffed at by critics, and dismissed by the fairweather flock: vintage progressive rock. To celebrate the publication of Yes Is The Answer, the first literary anthology devoted to prog rocks legacy(featuring contributions by acclaimed novelists Rick Moody, Wesley Stace, Seth Greenland, Charles Bock, and Joe Meno, as well as musicians Nathan Larson and Peter Case), its a heady stew of rare 35mm prints, excerpted readings from the book by its authors, and video rarities up the wazoo.
First up, the books local contributors read from their pieces, followed by killer footage of the bands in question -- and then its onto the evenings archival film prints: 1977s sublime 45-minute Genesis: In Concert, filmed in expansive Cinemascope and unscreened in Los Angeles for decades -- and 1983s Kilroy Was Here, Styxs 10-minute dystopian filmed intro to their worldwide tour of the same name. Yes Is The Answer is the first book that dares to thoughtfully reclaim prog rock as a subject worthy of serious consideration -- so take a Topographic Journey into the 21st Century Schizoid land of Prog-Lit!
Genesis: Live Dir. Tony Maylam, 1977, 35mm, 45 min.
Kilroy Was Here Dirs. Brian Gibson & Jerry Kramer, 1983, 35mm, 10 min. (Archival print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive)
This event is in conjunction with Skylight Books' live discussion of "Yes Is The Answer" with Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell, on Thursday, July 13th, 7:30pm!