June 1974 KPFK Folio

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FILM of the MONTH: The Hustler

Robert Rossen's The Hustler is brilliant on so many levels that we couldn't resist rescuing it from television and giving our members a proper screening. The performances by Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason and others are breathtaking, the characters memorable and heartbreaking, the story credible and absorbing. The image of evil presented by Scott, particularly in his inaudible conversation with Piper Laurie, has outlasted any number of generals, scientists, and flim-flam men whom he later personified. The Hustler is a particularly "American" film in its preoccupation with winners and losers, and the expression of that obsession on the green field of the pool table. Even if you have seen this film before, we think that in the days of Watergate it provides a unique insight into the morality of success in the United States.

SATURDAY, June 15 - Noon SUNDAY, June 16 - Noon At the New Vagabond Theater, 2509 Wilshire Blvd. (9 blocks east of Vermont). Seating by reservation, as space allows. Phone KPFK at 980-5735, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., beginning Wednesday the 12th. Reservation list leaves the station Friday, 6 p.m. Have your FOTMC card number ready when you call. The card must be shown at the theater as well.

WHO MAY ATTEND FILM OF THE MONTH CLUB SCREENINGS?

FOTMC membership is open to any full-year KPFK subscriber who renews his/her subscription within 10 days of the first renewal billing, which contains the Film Club application card. 3729 Club members are automatically entitled to Film Club privileges with the 3729 Club card serving in lieu of the FOTMC card. For further information, see the handy-dandy all-purpose subscription form on page 30.

Card holders may bring one guest, providing they so specify when making their reservations. There is a 50-cent service charge for guests in those months when we incur extraordinary expenses for film rental. This charge is waived for guests of 3729 Club members. If space permits, extra guests may be possible. Check with us on Friday afternoon.

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