Comprehension-scrambling shorts for your untapped awarenesses.

Doors at 7 pm, screening at 8, discussion at 9
Free.

Stupid Pills takes a field trip to Human Resources in downtown LA for an evening of cinematic misunderstanding. Discover uncharted territories of experience, fertile areas of creativity, and, with luck, the sublime.

The shorts:

Pasadena Freeway Stills, dir. Gary Beydler
(1974) 6 min.
Lydia’s Interiors, dir. Diaz
(2013) 22 min.
The Georgetown Loop, dir. Ken Jacobs
(1996) 11 min.
RGB XYZ, dir. David OReilly
(2007) 12 min.
The Girl Chewing Gum, dir. John Smith
(1976) 12 min.

The talk:

Maja Manojlovic
from UCLA’s Cinema and Media Studies
and USC’s Media Arts + Practice Program

Mark Toscano
film archivist/curator/filmmaker

David OReilly
filmmaker

Diaz
filmmaker

The central heating for the soul:

MC Hymnal, disc jockey