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You’ll be dying with laughter alongside the dead at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as Cinespia presents a special Sunday screening of the Coen brothers first comedic classic (and everyone’s favorite Nicholas Cage film), Raising Arizona. Also starring Holly Hunter, John Goodman and that badass lone biker of the apocalypse who hunts men for fun.

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In Spike Jonze’s critically acclaimed short film I’m Here young robots with expressive eyes fall in love and sadly break hearts the way humans do: by taking everything they can until there’s nothing left to take. Space 15 Twenty in Hollywood hosts an outdoor screening of the melancholy tale with special live musical performances by our lovely and talented friends ASKA (who’s music helped inspire the short) and Sam Spiegel (DJ Squeak E. Clean of the world famous N.A.S.A. crew) that will surely lift your spirits. Come for the heartache, but be sure to stay for the rebound. Presented by McSweeney’s and Chocolate Industries.

Also…I’m Here soundtrack featuring ASKA, Sam Spiegel, Animal Collective and many more now available through iTunes here.

From Space 15 Twenty:

“I’m Here is a short film by Spike Jonze about two robots living in semi-futuristic Los Angeles where humans and robots coexist. Based on Shel Silverstein’s children’s book, The Giving Tree, the plot revolves around Sheldon, the protagonist, lending his limbs to Francesca when she starts loosing hers. This is true love as it gets…

Throughout I’m Here you can hear L.A. based art musician ASKA, whose beautiful song, “There Are Many of Us,” is featured in the film.  ASKA told us that the inspiration came from the ‘first song I wrote on a guitar in a bathtub. I felt I needed to tell myself that there are many of us and not just the ‘one’, to release myself from being tied up to the one.”

Find more of I’m Here here:

• The Creators Project is Coming
• Spike Jonze’s I’m Here is Here
• I’m Here with Spike Jonze
  

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Ray Liotta + Joe Pesci + Robert DeNiro + Lorraine Bracco x Martin Scorcese = my favorite movie of all time and an all-time classic, 1990’s Goodfellas and it’s playing alongside those who sleep with the fishes. Presented by Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. “Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.”

From the f-ing clowns at Cinespia:

“The classic gangster tale told by master filmmaker Martin Scorcese. Based on a true story, Henry Hill rises through through the ranks of the new york mafia in the 50s and 60s, moving from theft to murder. Goodfellas has become an iconic film, not only because of the rare glimpse into the secret world of the mob, but also the wild energy of the camera and hilarious and terrifying performances. Starring Ray Liotta, Robert Deniro and Joe Pesci, with an epic soundtrack loaded with the Rolling Stones, Nillson, the Shangri Las, George Harrison, Aretha Franklin and more.

dj carlos nino spins before and after the screening.”

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Enter a world of pure imagination surrounded by a world of pure dead people as Cinespia presents everyone’s favorite candy man (sorry Johnny Depp but it’s still Gene Wilder) along with everyone’s favorite orange midgets (sorry Tattoo) in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sweetens up the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Also…Daedelus spins before and after the screening!

From Cinespia:

“Classic children’s fantasy starring comic genius Gene Wilder. A visual treat, this movie is filled with wild and imaginative sets, colorful characters and of course, mountains of candy. Charlie is a poor boy who becomes one of five winners of the golden ticket, a special pass which brings him inside the wondrous and mysterious factory of Willy Wonka. Only one of the winners will win a lifetime supply of chocolate, and as they tour the factory, they are eliminated one by one. Come take a tour of the chocolate factory with us!”

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Three artists with extremely vivid imaginations come together as Aiko (formerly of Faile), Junko Mizuno and Samuel Lowder (FrePrs) open their group show Vivid Fiction at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery on La Brea.

Click here to check the vividly colorful preview of Vivid Fiction.

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I couldn’t think of a better place to die laughing than the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as Cinespia presents one of the funniest comedies of all time with the Jim Abrahams and Zucker brothers 1980 classic Airplane!

From Cinespia:

“The one that started it all! Wild, wacky and downright hilarious, Airplane is a brilliant send-up of 70s disaster films told in an endless stream of jokes. When the pilots of a plane become ill, the passengers only hope lies with an ex- army pilot, who’s terrified of flying. Loved for generations, Airplane is still one of the funniest movies ever made! With special guest star Kareem Abdul Jabaar. Join us under the skies for this classic screening. DJ Jun spins before and after the movie.”

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With an amazing lineup of illustrious artists which include Kelsey Brookes, Clayton Brothers, Cleon Peterson, Susanne Melanie Berry, Richard Colman, Cheryl Dunn, Dennis Hopper, Os Gemeos, Clare Rojas, Craig Stecyk, Deanna Templeton and Ed Templeton there’s absolutely no reason to not Come As You Are at Hollywood’s PRISM gallery this Thursday.

Click here for a preview of the Os Gemeos piece from the always well informed Arrested Motion via New Image Art.

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What better place to disco than in a cemetery? Saturday night is your chance to dance on graves with a young John Travolta as Cinespia trips the light fantastic with 1977’s Saturday Night Fever at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

BUT…the real reason to get down to the cemetery this weekend is to shake your ass to a special performance by the world famous Cut Chemist on the 1’s and 2’s!

From Cinespia:

“John Travolta’s first starring role as a brooklyn youth who becomes the neighborhood’s greatest disco dancer. With amazing dance numbers set to a Bee Gees powered soundtrack, Fever is a glimpse into the height of the disco days. DJ Cut Chemist makes a special appearance spinning before and after the movie. Join us for a special disco dancing night under the stars!!!”

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The age old tale of male prostitution and sickly con men in the Big Apple makes it’s way to LA as the 1969 best picture winner Midnight Cowboy, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in legendary roles, get’s The Hollywood Forever Cemetery treatment courtesy of Cinespia.

From Cinespia:

“An artistic tour de force on its release, Midnight Cowboy is still a brave and moving portrait of an unusual friendship. Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a naive country boy who travels to the big city to meet rich women. Instead he meets Ratzo Rizzo, a two bit con man played to perfection by Dustin Hoffman. Together they brave 42nd st, Warhol parties, and the wild world of Manhattan in the late 60s. This colorful backdrop is embellished by Schlesinger’s daring filmmaking which incorporates the techniques of the psychedelic underground film scene with one of hollywood’s greatest stories. Winner of three oscars. Co-presented by Outfest, proceeds will go towards 2010 Outfest Film Festival.

http://www.outfest.org/fest2010/index.html

dj turquoise wisdom spins before and after the screening”

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The programmers of Cinespia’s summer screenings really know how to pick ‘em as the original 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers fittingly invades the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

From Cinespia:

“Suspenseful, action packed, and downright scary, Invasion is one of the great horror-sci fi classics!!! Strange pods from space land on earth and start to take the form of human beings. A small town doctor tries to fend off the alien invasion, as friends and family are replaced by emotionless pod people. Both a horror movie and an allegory for individuality and freedom, Invasion is ingenious and terrifying. When the pod people are taking over, who can you trust? Join us for this special screening under the stars.

dublab djs (daedulus, frosty, and prof. canteloupe) spin before and after the screening”

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