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A/V Geeks Greatest Hits
Friday, July 6, 2007
8:00 PM at Eyedrum
Read Felicia Feaster's
Creative Loafing review
Film Love presents A/V Geeks founder Skip Elsheimer hosting
A/V Geeks Greatest Hits, an evening of
selections from his collection of over 18,000 industrial, scientific and
educational films. Skip tells us his program will feature "films that have
really catchy/annoying songs from a variety of different genres. Great for
singing along!" As Skip says:
What's so great about a lot of these films is that they're aimed at kids, and so
when adults sit and kind of mull them over, lots of strange things start
appearing. There's all this underlying sexuality that shows up that people start
picking up on, and stuff that just doesn't seem appropriate right now for
whatever reason. Hindsight gives us the ability to really look back and say,
'Oh, that's wrong, that's way wrong.'
A/V Geeks Greatest Hits is featured in Creative Loafing's Summer Guide for
2007. Read the interview with Skip
here!
Films include:
Crash Bang Boom (1970) 10 min We learn about percussion instruments
featuring marching bands, dancing kids and a groovy rock band.
Malakapaladoo Skip Two (1977) 10 min A cute film for kids about using
their imagination or a clay-laced, folkmusic opus to hallucinogens? You decide.
Drugs Are Like That (1979) 16 min
An attempt to warn kids about the dangers of drugs using Legos and a catchy song
to make its point. Anita Bryant narrates!
Shake Hands with Danger (1980) 23 min A truly inspired film that uses a
country music song to illustrate the dangers of working on heavy equipment. Some
fake gore too!
Telezonia (1974) Kids are whisked away by a manchild in white tights, so
they can sing about using the telephone. Creepy, but not in the way that you
think.
VD is for Everybody (circa 1970) 30 sec A public service announcement
that uses an infectious song to talk about an infectious disease.
More on A/V Geeks at
http://www.avgeeks.com/
8:00 pm at Eyedrum
290 Martin Luther King
Jr Dr Suite 8, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404.522.0655
www.eyedrum.org
Special thanks to Keith Lee
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