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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JANUARY 2022 41 The club has screenings on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. We screen films you won't find at the big Cineplexes: documentaries, indie films, foreign films and other little gems that don't get wide release. This month our Cinema Club is featuring two just released (as of this writing) films from Netflix: Our first monthly screening, on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 6 pm, is the film Passing (USA 2021, 1 hr. 38 min., English). Here is a brief description from IMDb.com: "Mixed-race childhood friends reunite in middle class adulthood and become increasingly involved in each other's lives and insecurities. While Irene identifies as African-American and is married to a Black doctor, Clare 'passes' as white and has married a prejudiced, wealthy white man." Our second monthly screening, on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 6 pm, is the film tick, tick… BOOM! (USA 2021, 1 hr. 55 min., English). Here is a brief description from IMDb.com: "The film follows Jon (Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he's due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?" All of our screenings are followed by lively discussion about the film; we'd love to have you join us. The Lodge Theater has very limited seating so if you're interested in our screenings, come early; we hope to see you there. Please note that all films announced are subject to availability. If you have any questions about the Counter Culture Cinema Club or want to recommend a film, please email Micki Rosen at michelesrosen@gmail. com. ~ Micki Rosen Counter Culture Cinema Club Classic Film Group For all of you who love a good suspense film, come out to The Lodge Theater on Jan. 25. We will start the new year showing a film by one of the greatest masters of suspense. The movie was originally conceived as a silent film in 1929, but was quickly converted to sound, making it the first British talkie. In director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's first talking movie, a young woman, Alice White, finds herself being blackmailed after killing a man in self defense. After a bitter argument among lovers, Alice sneaks away from her fiancé and handsome Scotland Yard detective, Frank Webber, to go out on an ill-advised date with the sleazy artist, Mr Crewe. As the naive girl is lured into Crewe's studio, his sinister sexual advances lead to events that leave the man dead in a pool of blood. Alice flees the scene of the crime in a numb haze while the news of an unknown killer is spreading like wildfire to Frank's ears. An invisible eyewitness soon becomes a ruthless blackmailer. What will it take to keep him quiet? Frank soon learns that Alice is responsible, but sets out to prove her innocence and stop the blackmailer. Note: One of Hitchcock's early films, it was one of the first films to come out of England with sound during the end of the silent film era. Hitchcock shows the world that he's a talented film maker. In one risqué scene, the lead actress undresses behind curtains. While the murder is never seen, the provocative and private scene of her undressing is present. Another interesting note, the main character of the film is the murderer. Throughout the film, the audience judges whether or not she is an innocent murderer or a killer. Hitchcock makes an early name for himself with this film by toying with the audience throughout the suspense of the film. Trivia: The movie began being shot as a silent movie but when sound became available during the course of shooting, Hitchcock re-shot certain scenes with sound. There was one complication with this change. Leading lady Anny Ondra had a thick Czech accent which was inappropriate to her character, Alice White. Joan Barry was chosen to provide a different voice for her, but post-production dubbing technology did not exist then. The solution was for Barry to stand just out of shot and read Alice's lines into a microphone as Ondra mouthed them in front of the camera. This is generally acknowledged as the first instance of one actress' voice being dubbed by another, even though the word "dub" is technologically inappropriate in this case. ~ Paul Plamondon, 4seasonsmoviegroup@gmail.com

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