Bob Berney Talks Burlesque; ‘Late Night With The Devil’ Seen Scaring Up Sales; Radu Jude’s Satirical Bite – Specialty Preview
deadline.comQ&A’s are a staple of indie opening weekends since they tend to sell tickets but Bob and Jeanne Berney’s Picturehouse has raised that bar, offering audiences seven-minute live burlesque revues before selected screenings of documentary Carol Doda Topless At The Condor.
The ode to the woman, and to 1960s San Francisco where she broke out topless, opens in limited release in New York, LA, San Francisco and San Rafael.
Dancers in what Bob Berney called a “Doda-esqe burlesque” will not be topless,” he said — “but pretty close.” Dancers start in the audience then move to the front of the theater against a specially designed backdrop of image and sound on screen. “It brings you into that world immediately.
You are there before the film starts,” he said. “Eventizing” a film is great if you can do it. The box office is much better but still a bit weird since Covid.
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