Great Basin Film Society - Upcoming Screening

The Second Annual

Reno Jazz and Film Festival

The Second Annual Reno Jazz and Film Festival features a lively pairing of music and movies highlighting films featuring jazz music and musicians and live jazz music before and after the film. Showings are scheduled for February 8, 15, 22, 29 beginning at 2 p.m. in the Sands Regency Just for Laughs Comedy Club. Doors will open at 1:45, with music at 2 p.m., movie at 2:30 p.m., followed by more music to end the afternoon.

February 8 will open with Help! My Snowman's Burning Down! (1964, B&W), a surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue perception of the world through advertising. Directed by Carson Davidson with music by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The feature movie will be Jazz on A Summer's Day (1959, 85 minutes, Color). Directed by celebrated photographer Bert Stern, this landmark documentary beautifully captures all the highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival featuring many jazz artists including Anita O’Day, Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1999 by the Library of Congress, designating it one of the great treasures of American cinema. Pre and post film music will be provided by The Collective.

February 15 will begin with Boppin' Hood (1961, Color), a Famous Studios cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel. In a blast of artistic fascism The King has outlawed all music except Square, but his wild beatnik daughter and her hepcat boyfriend keep the music alive. The feature movie is Mickey One (1965, 93 minutes, B&W) Directed by Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man) and starring Warren Beatty with music composed by Eddie Sauter and performed by Stan Getz. After accumulating a massive gambling debt, an increasingly paranoid Mickey One (Beatty) goes underground in a desperate attempt to escape the wrath of the mob in this psychological drama inspired by the French New Wave. Music this afternoon will be provided by the Lawrence Connell Quartet.

On February 22, music film archivist and historian Mark Cantor will share a two-hour program of rare and very swinging jazz clips. For the past 30 years Mr. Cantor has presented his widely acclaimed film series at numerous jazz and film festivals throughout the world and is perhaps best known for his annual programs at the Playboy Jazz Festival. Drawing from a library of more than 4,000 individual titles, this presentation will share many of the greatest names in jazz, as preserved on 16mm sound film. Mr. Cantor will personally introduce each set, and will share the personnel of the bands along with fascinating and entertaining anecdotes about the circumstances surrounding the clips. Not to be missed. Music will be provided by the Dickie Mills Quartet.

"Mark Cantor has one of the very best collections of jazz films in the world. He was an invaluable asset to our Jazz series whose generous advice helped us unearth some extraordinary footage." — Ken Burns

February 29 will begin with an extremely rare cartoon Merry Mannequins (1937, Color), an Art Deco cartoon with 1930s pop music directed by Ub Iwerks (Mickey Mouse's REAL creator) about the wedding of two department store dummies. The feature movie is The Gang's All Here (1943, 103 minutes, Technicolor). Plot is of little importance here. This wartime film is instead a showcase for outrageously surreal and near orgiastic musical sequences that simply must be seen to be believed. Directed by the incomparable Busby Berkeley (42nd Street) and starring Alice Faye, James Ellison, Phil Baker (as himself), Carmen Miranda (as herself), and the Benny Goodman Orchestra (as themselves). Pre and post film music will be provided by the Jackie Landrum Quartet.

Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 for For the Love of Jazz or Great Basin Film Society members and $5 for those who members of both organizations, and $5 for students. Tickets are available in advance from Soundwave CD’s or from FTLOJ Board Members. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning one hour prior to the beginning of the shows. Films and music groups are subject to change. The Reno Jazz and Film Festival is a joint venture of For the Love of Jazz and the Great Basin Film Society with sponsorship by the Nevada Arts Council, Sands Regency Hotel and Casino and Reno Jazz Festival.

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The Second Annual Reno Jazz and Film Festival features a lively pairing of music and movies highlighting films featuring jazz music and musicians and live jazz music before and after the film. Showings are scheduled for February 8, 15, 22, 29 beginning at 2 p.m. in the Sands Regency Just for Laughs Comedy Club. Doors will open at 1:45, with music at 2 p.m., movie at 2:30 p.m., followed by more music to end the afternoon.
	February 8 will open with Help! My Snowman's Burning Down! (1964, B&W), a surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue perception of the world through advertising. Directed by Carson Davidson with music by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The feature movie will be Jazz on A Summer's Day (1959, 85 minutes, Color). Directed by celebrated photographer Bert Stern, this landmark documentary beautifully captures all the highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival featuring many jazz artists including Anita O’Day, Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1999 by the Library of Congress, designating it one of the great treasures of American cinema. Pre and post film music will be provided by The Collective.
	February 15 will begin with Boppin' Hood (1961, Color), a Famous Studios cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel. In a blast of artistic fascism The King has outlawed all music except Square, but his wild beatnik daughter and her hepcat boyfriend keep the music alive. The feature movie is Mickey One (1965, 93 minutes, B&W) Directed by Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man) and starring Warren Beatty with music composed by Eddie Sauter and performed by Stan Getz. After accumulating a massive gambling debt, an increasingly paranoid Mickey One (Beatty) goes underground in a desperate attempt to escape the wrath of the mob in this psychological drama inspired by the French New Wave. Music this afternoon will be provided by the Lawrence Connell Quartet.
	On February 22, music film archivist and historian Mark Cantor will share a two-hour program of rare and very swinging jazz clips. For the past 30 years Mr. Cantor has presented his widely acclaimed film series at numerous jazz and film festivals throughout the world and is perhaps best known for his annual programs at the Playboy Jazz Festival. Drawing from a library of more than 4,000 individual titles, this presentation will share many of the greatest names in jazz, as preserved on 16mm sound film. Mr. Cantor will personally introduce each set, and will share the personnel of the bands along with fascinating and entertaining anecdotes about the circumstances surrounding the clips. Not to be missed. Music will be provided by the Dickie Mills Quartet. "Mark Cantor has one of the very best collections of jazz films in the world. He was an invaluable asset to our Jazz series whose generous advice helped us unearth some extraordinary footage." — Ken Burns
	February 29 will begin with an extremely rare cartoon Merry Mannequins (1937, Color), an Art Deco cartoon with 1930s pop music directed by Ub Iwerks (Mickey Mouse's REAL creator) about the wedding of two department store dummies. The feature movie is The Gang's All Here (1943, 103 minutes, Technicolor). Plot is of little importance here. This wartime film is instead a showcase for outrageously surreal and near orgiastic musical sequences that simply must be seen to be believed. Directed by the incomparable Busby Berkeley (42nd Street) and starring Alice Faye, James Ellison, Phil Baker (as himself), Carmen Miranda (as herself), and the Benny Goodman Orchestra (as themselves). Pre and post film music will be provided by the Jackie Landrum Quartet.
Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 for For the Love of Jazz or Great Basin Film Society members and $5 for those who members of both organizations, and $5 for students. Tickets are available in advance from Soundwave CD’s or from FTLOJ Board Members. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning one hour prior to the beginning of the shows. Films and music groups are subject to change. The Reno Jazz and Film Festival is a joint venture of For the Love of Jazz and the Great Basin Film Society with sponsorship by the Nevada Arts Council, Sands Regency Hotel and Casino and Reno Jazz Festival.