Someone (Frisoli I think) mentioned a few posts back how the New Beverly in Hollywood sucks. To this I think we all agree. But let’s for a moment champion the idea of the intelligent double feature, depsite the fact that the New Bev provides few, if any. This is a simple exercise: what would be an ideal double feature? Forget, for a moment, the typical New Bev 2x (such as The Godfather and The Godfather, Pt. II) and let your imaginations run wild. If you were in charge of booking at the New Bev, and you had an unlimited budget, what double features would you show? I’ll start things off:
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) and Love and Death (1975)
The Graduate (1967) and Donnie Darko (2001)
The Ladies Man (1961) and Tout va bien (1972)
Mean Streets (1973) and Bad Lieutenant (1992)
If you want to suggest a double feature, I encourage you to provide a sentence or two that explains how each film complements the other. I’m too tired right now. Maybe I’ll do that later.