Watch: Metrograph’s ’25Y2K’ Screening Series ‘Y2K Bug’ Promo Trailer
by Alex Billington
November 20, 2023
Source: YouTube
“This is your life! Right right here, proper now!” The famed artwork home cinema in New York known as Metrograph has launched a brand new screening collection of flicks known as 25Y2K. They’re borrowing inspiration from the sensible Crtierion Channel collections, that includes a thematic choice of iconic films to characteristic in a particular bundle. This time they’re wanting again at Y2K, and the “Millennium Bug”, and the way it affected cinema. “A pc glitch that was alleged to drown the world in darkness—[was] on everybody’s lips, the air thick with the anticipation of apocalypse. Did that anxiousness impress itself on a few of the best movies?” Definitely. They’re displaying classics like Fight Club, Pi, The Truman Show, American Psycho, Strange Days, Audition, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, American Beauty, and others. To promote the collection, Metrograph minimize collectively a fast trailer with Fatboy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now” which samples a line from the movie Strange Days.
Here’s the official promo trailer for Metrograph’s 25Y2K screening collection, direct from YouTube:
Metrograph introduction: “As the twentieth century drew to a detailed, the phrases ‘millennium bug‘—a pc glitch that was alleged to drown the world in darkness—had been on everybody’s lips, the air thick with the anticipation of apocalypse. Did that anxiousness impress itself on a few of the best movies being launched at fin de siècle, by exemplary artists like David Cronenberg, Tsai Ming-liang, and Michael Mann / Michael Haneke? Maybe… however what’s sure is the second introduced a bumper crop of cinematic excellence to the display screen, and after 25 years we’re bringing again a few of our favorites, movies whose end-of-days paranoia has no expiration date.” Metrograph is situated at 7 Ludlow Street (see Google Maps) in NYC’s Chinatown neighborhood. For extra information on the movies / screenings, head to Metrograph’s web site. Not every part can be proven in theaters, the remainder of the choice can be obtainable for streaming by way of their “At Home” service. Want to observe all these?
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