Gregg Araki's KABOOM : SF IndieFest Opening Night Film + Party February 3, 2011

Kaboom
Gregg Araki, 2010, 86 min, US/France
2/3 7p
OPENING NIGHT FILM

Smith has sexual fantasies about everything that moves, while trying to be a good boy. His best gal pal, Stella, is sleeping with the beautiful London. Like Smith, she also has the hots for Thor, a moronic surfer who's learning to fellate himself. One day, Smith eats some potent pot cookies and everything falls apart. He witnesses the murder of a gorgeous girl he dreamed about a few nights earlier. He embarks on a sweeping investigation, tinged with juvenile paranoia, to solve the mystery. What if the fate of humanity depends on what Smith finds out?

Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation) continues where he left off in the hysterically funny Smiley Face with the equally delightful Kaboom, a sort of Clueless on acid where late-period John Waters meets Bret Easton Ellis. The film, which upends all the tropes of new American comedy, caused an uproar during its memorable screening at Cannes. A chaotic romp featuring witches, assassins, a hippie guru dressed as Julius Caesar and an alien conspiracy, Kaboom charms and entertains like few other teen comedies today. ( Julien Fonfrède, Festival de Nouveau Cinema)

Ticket includes film (with director Gregg Araki in attendance) and admission to the after party at CellSpace featuring live sets by Leather Feather, Funk Punk Mob, Sistas in the Pit and Heart Touch (featuring Keno Mapp and Angelo Moore of Fishbone).

Plus your first drink is on us!

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