SUN APR 20, 2025 4:00 PM Michael Almereyda L.A. Shorts $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Michael Almereyda. Moderated by David Weinberg, journalist and host of KCRW’s Welcome to LA podcast. L.A. Premiere! ‘Michael Almereyda: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: Five short films by Michael Almereyda: “A Hero of Our Time” (1987), “The Rocking Horse Winner” (1997), “The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes” (2011), “To the Unknown” (2017) and “The North Wind’s Gift” (2018). Featuring Dennis Hopper in a performance the actor fit around the shooting of BLUE VELVET, “A Hero of Our Time” is Almereyda’s first film — a self-financed L.A. noir, 35mm, black-and-white, 23-minutes long. It’s loosely based on a chapter in Mikhail Lermontov’s 1839 novel of the same name. The other shorts in the program also emerged from literary sources, works by D.H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kenneth Koch, Italo Calvino — all transplanted to contemporary Los Angeles and surrounding territory. They have shown in international film festivals, but never screened publicly in L.A. FORMAT: DCP COUNTRY: USA