L.A. PLAYS ITSELF
Dir. Fred Halsted, 1972.
United States. 60 minutes.
In English.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4- 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 – 5 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 – 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 – MIDNIGHT

“New information for me!” – Salvador Dalí

Fred Halsted plays himself in his notorious portrait of Los Angeles. Two men have a fleetingly idyllic meeting outside of town while Halsted shows a young pickup the ropes within city limits, climaxing in what After Dark magazine described as being “the most spectacular scene since the parting of the Red Sea!”

4K restoration by the Museum of Modern Art, courtesy Altered Innocence and Anus Films.

Note: this film contains explicit sex.

Preceded by:

MOUSE KLUB KONFIDENTIAL
Dir. Jim Baker, 1976.
United States. 15 minutes.
In English.

The shocking life of M*useketeer-turned-gay bondage pornographer Buddy Wilson (Ken Camp) is exposed in this UCLA Project One student film by future videomaker (BLONDE DEATH) and novelist (TIM & PETE, BOY WONDER) James Robert Baker. Are Wilson and his degenerate films merely an aberration, or is there more to “the happiest place on Earth” than meets the eye?

Unseen since its controversial inclusion in the second-ever San Francisco Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival in 1978, MOUSE KLUB KONFIDENTIAL is a hilarious satire of Fred Halsted, America, and a certain cartoon mouse that’s long been credited as causing none other than conservative film critic and talk radio host Michael Medved to abandon his dreams of filmmaking. And we can all be grateful for that.

New 4K restoration courtesy of Muscle Distribution.

Note: this film contain explicit sex.