SAT MAY 7, 2022 4:00 PM Otto Preminger's SUCH GOOD FRIENDS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | AUTEURS GO-GO GROOVY: NEW OLD HOLLYWOOD Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: Otto Preminger had already gone groovy with the totally bonkers SKIDOO; now he tries his hand at the more contemporary cinema helmed by the likes of Paul Mazursky. Penned by Elaine May with an assist from Joan Didion and others, this barbed black comedy features Golden Globe nominated Dyan Cannon as the busy housewife Julie Messinger, whose only gripe about her art-director husband, Richard (Laurence Luckinbill) is that he’s a little selfish and too committed to his job. It’s not until a routine operation gone awry leaves him in a coma that Julie learns his secrets. Richard had been carrying on numerous affairs, some of them with Julie’s close friends. Stunned at how naïve she’s been, Julie works through her pain by way of a lot of drinking and a few torrid affairs of her own. Complete with turns from James Coco, Louise Lasser and a memorable scene with Burgess Meredith. “Preminger’s best film in a long time, probably since ANATOMY OF A MURDER in 1959.” – Roger Ebert FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount