Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show with What is It? & It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE! August 22, 2008

Weekend, August 22, 23 &24 at 8 pm
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Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show with What is It? & It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE
Iconic actor Crispin Glover returns to the film series to present his strange and wonderful slide show presentations (two different versions!) and screen two parts of his “It Trilogy” – What is It?, a controversial labor of love that took nearly nine years to complete, and It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE his new film based on the autobiography and psychosexual fantasies of Steven C. Stewart, a man with cerebral palsy who appears in both films.

Advance tickets available NOW
Special Admission $20
Business Office - cashier's window
Webster Hall ~ first floor
Monday - Thursday 8:30 am–5:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am–4:30 pm

Friday, August 22 at 8 pm
What is It? (Crispin Glover, 2005, USA, 82 min.)

In his directorial debut, Glover offers up a provocative assault on art and culture: a Dadaist deconstruction of the hero’s journey. A film that is by some accounts a masterpiece of experimental cinema (winning the prestigious Best Narrative Film Award at Ann Arbor) and, in Glover’s own words "about the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe and how to get home. He's tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche." What is It? features a cast composed primarily of actors with Down syndrome, Fairuza Balk as the voice of the snail and Glover in a co-starring role. Leaving no taboo untouched in a battering of wild and weird images, as shocking as Bunuel's L'Age D'or or Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain, Glover has created a film that is sure to baffle as often as it provokes.

Saturday, August 23 & Sunday, August 24 at 8 pm
It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE
(Crispin Glover, 2007, USA, 74 min.)

Come into uncharted cinematic territory with Crispin Glover and screenwriter/actor Steven C. Stewart starring in this semi-autobiographical, psycho-sexual tale about a man with severe cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair. Part horror film, part exploitation picture and part documentary of a man who cannot express his sexuality in the way he desires, (due to his physical condition), this fantastical and often humorous tale is told completely from Stewart’s point of view – that of someone who has lived for years watching people do things he will never be able to do. According to Mr. Glover, Stewart "wanted to show that handicapped people are human, sexual and can be horrible.” He also states that It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE will probably be the “best film he has anything to do with in his entire career.”

Q & A with the director will follow each screening. Mr. Glover will also sell and sign books and musical items at the end of the evening.

Due to the provocative nature of the films, no one under 18 will be admitted to the theater. A limited number of free tickets are available for Webster students; first come first serve. Sorry, no passes or discounts.

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