FANTASY A GETS A MATTRESS
Dirs. Noah Zoltan Sofian, David Norman Lewis, 2023.
United States. 79 min.
In English.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 – 7:30 PM, Q&A moderated by Emily Pierce
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 – 5:00 PM, Q&A moderated by Ariel Motto
MONDAY, APRIL 8 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 9 – 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY APRIL 11- 7:30 PM

ALL FANTASY A GETS A MATTRESS SCREENINGS FEATURE A Q&A WITH THE FILMMAKERS / $10 TICKETS

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The larger-than-life rapper with autism FANTASY A is well-known in every corner of Seattle for his unconventional and memorable guerilla marketing tactics. After being unfairly kicked out of his group home, FANTASY A is forced to use his genius towards a new goal: getting a good night’s sleep. Along the way, he’ll face off against seedy club owners, hip-hop vampires, scummy dojo losers, and a slew of other wack Seattleites who hope to stop FANTASY A in his tracks and crush his dreams of fame, fortune, and a safe place to catch some Zs.

All the way from the Emerald City, please welcome FANTASY A and his crew to Spectacle for a weeklong run of their new bizarro dark comedy FANTASY A GETS A MATTRESS! Each night will feature an extra special cast and crew Q&A, April 5th through April 11th. Only at the Burning S.

“Funny A.F.” – Sir Mix-a-Lot

“Already a cult classic—one of my favorite Seattle movies of all time.” – Rachel Kessler

“Vibrantly offbeat, highly original” – Cynthia Brothers (Vanishing Seattle)

SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Dir. Trevor Bather, 2024.
United States. 75 min.
In English.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 – 7:30 PM w/ Q&A, this event is $10

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Agent Jones has just been briefed on his latest assignment: 24-hour surveillance duty of the paranoiac Unit Seven Four, a shut-in and writer that the agency have determined to be a threat to the populace. Jones spends his days simply enough at first. Sleeping, spying, and training in the EXPERIENCE SIMULATOR. Soon enough, Jones receives a mysterious call on a secure line: nothing is as it seems, and no one is to be trusted.

SYSTEMS RESEARCH is a hypnotizing sense-warping mind-altering dronescape mood tape wrapped in blood stained Tom Cruise tabloids delivered straight to your skull. A new breed of SOV, brought to you by the fine folks of the Delaware-based CONSUMER GRADE VIDEO. Join us March 23rd for the New York Premiere of SYSTEMS RESEARCH, followed by a Q&A with Trevor Bather, Caroline Kopko, Tyler Antoine, Justin Colatrella, and Tony Zweidinger. Only at Spectacle.

Nearly a year has passed since Spectacle delved into the moistest depths of Hong Kong cinema to deliver over twelve hours of seldom screened unpleasantries unified under the Category III banner. Introduced into the Hong Kong ratings system after 1988 as the rough equivalent of the American “X,” the Category III rating connotes not only general unsavoriness in terms of content but also a loose sensibility unique to the region’s exploitation cinema – the tendency to meld mangled genre tropes in service of upending familiar narrative expectations, casting aside three-act logic for a rhythm of whiplash tonal shifts punctuated by high (or low) points of uninhibited gratuitousness. This December, Spectacle is proud to subject audiences once more to a grueling run of Hong Kong rarities largely consigned to the realm of third-generation VHS dubs, running the gambit from goop-soaked exorcisms to high-spirited tributes to sociopathy in all its forms.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 – 1:30 PM

FULL DAY PASS – $20
$5 per title (cash at the door)

Note: ONLY ADVANCED FULL DAY PASSES AVAILABLE ONLINE

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1:30 PM: XXX XXXX XXXXX / XXXXX XXXXX X (1984)

The figure of the evil elf was stolen by the photographer.  On the night he was flexible and attacked, he was his girlfriend and they were both drinking.

3:15: XXXXX XXXXXX (1989)

The woman was sacrificed, and the woman of the heart was torn outward into the woman of the chest.  The police are hunting down these satanic cults, and those have no clues.  The man was released, originated in prison, and participated in the fight against that cultist, taking away that friend and the female singer.

5:00: XXXXXXXX (1997)

That Chinese mainland girl was, the woman who took her husband, wanted to commit a crime, and those who were taken to Hong Kong were ordered to live and be free.

6:45: XXX XXXXXXX XXXX XX XXXX (1995)

That fun trip to Thailand ostensibly turns into deadly individuals of four best friends, when those accidentally kill the sister of that local wizard.  When, they mysteriously die, and the remaining trio discover that the cursed man cast on them.  Those who have to turn to that Thai magician.

8:30: XXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXX (1983)

An evil dwarf wizard practices blackening magic buried in the jungle of Luo Chau: After many prolific years, the crew filmed in the documentary originated in Hong Kong to open the coffin and discover that the man suffered for them, took a terrible curse, and began killing everyone around them.

10:15: X XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX (1993)

The former downtown police officer in name recovery stems from traumatic experiences involving AK-47s.  After the incident, he was sent to the island to serve as the police chief of the small village.  He himself lived a very bland life, which drank beer, smoked and daydreamed … Preventing when hordes of heavily armed thugs invade him is an area where he himself must face him as a traumatist and fight back.

MIDNIGHT: XXX XXXXXXXXX (1988)

An obscure nightclub employee in Macau inadvertently angered a drunken customer.  The men followed one woman after another in shifts and launched sticky gang attacks.  After suffering from trauma, he himself vowed to hunt them down one by one.

1:30 AM: XXXXX XXXX XXXX (2001)

The mutilated body of that was found and police arrested the pimp’s woman, who was the crew member of the crime.  During the interrogation, those who used the method of female theft to explain the origin of the women who originated in the groom, then those groups kidnapped, tortured, and finally murdered and dismembered.

On February 8th, 2020, the beloved and highly esteemed German actor Volker Spengler passed away, just eight days before his 81st birthday. Spengler not only left behind a mammoth legacy, including works with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Christoph Schlingensief, and Ulrike Ottinger, but also touched the lives of countless artists, musicians, and actors around him.

Please join us this November at Spectacle for the NYC premiere of HIGHFALUTIN, an intimate documentary directed by Hans Broich, focusing on stories from those around Spengler who knew and loved him best. Included in FOCUS are two transgressive post-reunification films from the late artist Christoph Schlingensief that showcase Volker: THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE 120 DAYS OF BOTTROP.

Special thanks to SIXPACKFILM and FILMGALERIE 451.

HIGHFALUTIN
Dir. Hans Broich, 2021
Austria & Germany. 96 min.
German with English Subtitles.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 – 8 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 – 7:30 PM

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Told in collage of voices around a certain dinner table in Berlin’s Diener Tattersall, a series of collaborators join a discussion on the actor Volker Spengler. Detailing many anecdotes: large and small, adoring and frustrated. HIGHFALUTIN soon becomes as much an examination of those speaking as it is the one being spoken about.

THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Dir. Christoph Schlingensief, 1990
Germany. 63 min.
German with English Subtitles.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 – 5 PM

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In 1990, a group of East Germans cross the border to visit the West. But their journey takes a turn for the wurst when they encounter a psychopathic cannibal family who plans to turn them into sausages. Filmed shortly after German reunification, THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE combines B-Movie horror industrial spectacle with experimental political satire. This is the film that put Christoph Schlingensief on the map.

THE 120 DAYS OF BOTTROP
Dir. Christoph Schlingensief, 1997
Germany. 60 min.
German with English Subtitles.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 – 10 PM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 10 PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 – 7:30 PM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 – 10 PM

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A who’s-who of actors congregate together to create the last great piece of New German Film – A remake of the 1973 movie SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM. An endlessly referential piece of homage cinema disguised as a putrid Wateresque trash opus. Fassbinder this ain’t.

BLUE FIRE
Dir. Antero Alli, 2023
United States. 90 min.
In English.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – 7:30 PM (This event is $10)

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“A CYBER-FI FEVER DREAM”

Flexing an extensive body of work spanning three decades, Finnish-born artist and actor Antero Alli has frequently explored the bleeding edge of technological paranoia. Beginning with his stark predictions for 2023 in 1995’s THE DRIVETIME, expanding into “video poems” and experimental theater, and finally culminating in his return to 2023 with the AI and VR warnings of BLUE FIRE. Throughout his career, Alli has never been afraid of putting his personal mindscape in front of an audience. We invite you to join us for the New York premiere of his latest Cyber-Fi masterpiece, BLUE FIRE followed by a remote Q&A session with the director. Moderated by Philip Ginley.

“An elite A.I.coder faces a head-on collision between the algorithms of the VR worlds he’s creating and the archetypal dimensions of the greater Collective Unconscious.”