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Free Sci-Fi Flicks at Yonge-Dundas Square Every Tuesday
Starting tomorrow and for the rest of the summer, some of the greatest Science Fiction flicks ever made will be shown at Yonge-Dundas Square. It's all free and outdoors. So be sure to catch your favourites under the starry skies this summer. The projector rolls at 8pm every Tuesday night; here's a rundown of the movies:
Forbidden Planet - June 26
The most lavish Sci-Fi production before Star Wars. Beautiful space women, monsters, robots, lasers... it has everything!
2001: A Space Oddessey - July 3
Stanley Kubrick's mega opus poses some of the most ponderous questions ever in all of cinema. One of my absolute favourites.
Sleeper - July 10
Woody Allen's wonderfully odd, slapstick adventure. Contains some of his silliest and greatest gags. This was Woody before he met Annie Hall.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - July 17
Steven Spielberg made his foray into the genre with this memorable classic.
Blade Runner - July 24
Ridley Scott likes his Sci-Fi universes dark and somber; Blade Runner (at least the Director's Cut) is one of the most depressing movies ever made; but it's essential viewing.
Brazil - July 31
If the studios don't leave him the hell alone, Terry Gilliam will never be able to make another film like Brazil again. Madness; dreams; a fantastical dystopia like no other! It's 1984 filtered through the mind of a former Monty Python.
Gattaca - August 7
Clones run amok in this fan-favourite from the mind that brought us the Truman Show.
The Matrix - August 14
Even your grandma likes this movie.
Minority Report - August 21
Spielberg's take on Philip K. Dick. A break-neck paced adventure with striking visuals and a little bit of Dick's quirkiness sprinkled in for good measure.
Metropolis (with Trip Hop beats) - August 28
Fritz Lang's influential silent classic will be accompanied by the electronic stylings of Canadian producer, composer, remixer and dj Andrew McPherson.
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Are they going to broadcast the sound on a radio frequency so that people can tune in on portable players, or are they going to use speakers and try to drown out the background city noise?
Great idea either way!
Last year they used speakers and it worked pretty well.
I remember a few war protests getting drowned out by Aliens biting people's heads off.
Starry night sky or neon billboards?
Sweet, would love to see Sleeper on the big screen.
2001!!!!
Do I have to bring my own chair?
Nope, they usually have a whole load of plastic chairs set up...but if you prefer comfort, bring a camping chair with you, the kind with the footrest.... :D
The TD Stage at the Harbourfront also used to have free movies...
Nope, they usually have a whole load of plastic chairs set up...but if you prefer comfort, bring a camping chair with you, the kind with the footrest.... :D
The TD Stage at the Harbourfront also used to have free movies...
Correction: Gattaca has nothing to do with clones, but rather eugenics.