October 21, 2011 at 4:11pm
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Four years after a dozen people calling themselves the Olympia Film Society gathered to watch a few flicks at the old Washington School in Olympia, the OFS launched the Olympia Film Society at the State Theater in 1984. Twenty-eight years later, and countless fire dance performances on Fifth Avenue, the Olympia Film Festival will consume the Capitol Theater from Nov. 11-20 with film premieres, the popular All Freakin' Night series, workshops, guest appearances and its infamous opening night party featuring the film Gold Diggers of 1933.
Below, OFF Director J.R. Baker comes clean with his top six favorite anticipated events at the 28th annual Olympia Film Festival.
NUMBER ONE: "The Opening Night Golden Gala (showing Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1933) is going to be great fun and a bit campy. Lots of folks will be dressing up and we're pushing to wear a bit ol' golden attire."
NUMBER TWO: "On Nov. 12, Crazy Horse is a highly-acclaimed documentary about a Parisian strip club: sensuous, sexy, superb."
NUMBER THREE: "On Nov. 14, Dial M for Murder- in 3D. Scary, fun and presented the way Hitchcock intended. Alternately, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool, with Liz Taylor at her finest."
NUMBER FOUR: "On Nov. 19, The White Shadow is a recently unearthed Hitchcock, found in a New Zealand vault last spring. Acquiring this film made in 1924 is a major coup for the film festival."
NUMBER FIVE: "Again on Nov. 19, All Freakin' Night has a wonderful line-up this year with Brian Yunza (director of Society) introducing the films."
NUMBER SIX: "Lastly, on Nov. 20 at our Closing Night Gala we're showing Once upon a Time in Anatolia. It was the Grand Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and the film I am most eager to see."
There you have it - six reasons why you should attend this year's Olympia Film Festival from the man in the know.
All the glorious OFF ticket information can be found here, including package deals.
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