{"id":10516,"date":"2021-08-04T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/blog\/?p=10516"},"modified":"2021-08-04T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:07:30","slug":"a-word-from-our-programmer-8-04-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/a-word-from-our-programmer-8-04-21\/","title":{"rendered":"A WORD FROM OUR PROGRAMMER - 8\/04\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, May We Start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     So may we start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>          So may we start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>               <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YWb3KpvAz8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s time to start.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday we welcome the near-indescribably ambitious rock-opera spectacular\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/films\/1982\"><strong><em>Annette<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-KMF6t7iLKxcOQoxh6wXswP6mCbQbJ00UE7QorFfpMeUWPfhGqMzpdlLLq9pH24TaZWInW8XqAeJs9TyfX-sdbD906Yjv77enzf7jEnq0WArnt688ydVQLPhsBEM8xH9TxpufUCs\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The brainchild of the now-aged-enfant-terrible, Leos Carax\u2014director of such titanic oddities of love and anguish as <em>Mauvais Sang, Lovers on the Bridge, <\/em>and <em>Holy Motors<\/em>\u2014and the elusive 55-year-old art-pop duo Sparks (who are seemingly <em>everywhere<\/em> right now), <a href=\"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/films\/1982\"><strong><em>Annette<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>opened this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival on a riotous note.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/VxgGR3htWNQhM2akfc6UDJt-p9Pe5_s9X2ibZlj_-Shtk-gaKzVtNRb1M3PKNT8eRuqjPiaT5wcURMnr1tAkFtsbIpSY1rJgpDki_Xr8MZ5xBADWIHhy5z4fX1WPYuSW2Eb6MRv2\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This sung-through musical is so thoroughly bonkers that its divided reception was almost guaranteed from its inception. The narrative that anchors almost 140 minutes of song spins the lighting-struck romance of a shock-comedian, portrayed by a terrifyingly brilliant Adam Driver, and a French opera soprano (Marion Cotillard), who birth a mysterious little girl with a remarkable gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The craft on display in every avenue of this project is so amplified that even those allergic to the musical form should be compelled to let this <em>thing<\/em> wash over them. All else left unsaid, no truly great piece of art didn\u2019t spark an argument or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Edzx2jZyhsBUNbm12gcdQIaSevYJqHvHF1r6sSe6qIEB2uhgm7x6hHHlKrQh_4aJIt1q20kuetqBdPlozywOpe2tr93oqorYHLgGWTIYwPu-OO4xeO8dqjph2kJTnhQRAi1FBA9K\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/films\/1982\"><strong><em>Annette<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>plays at the Cinema Friday, August 6 through Thursday, August 13 alongside <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/films\/1969\"><strong><em>The Green Knight<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>. Masks are required for all guests regardless of vaccine status.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PX03l6REB5Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bon voyage<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, May We Start? So may we start? So may we start? 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Friday we welcome the near-indescribably ambitious rock-opera spectacular\u2014Annette.&nbsp; The brainchild of the now-aged-enfant-terrible, Leos Carax\u2014director of such titanic oddities of love and anguish as Mauvais Sang, Lovers on the Bridge, and Holy Motors\u2014and the elusive 55-year-old art-pop duo Sparks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[79,67,77,80,78],"class_list":["post-10516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news1","tag-annette","tag-cinema","tag-masks","tag-the-green-knight","tag-vaccine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}