The Five Minutes Game Wednesday, September 2, 2009
There's a theory that you can tell if a movie's any good by watching just the first five minutes. Cinefamily has this theory, anyway. They call it "The Five Minutes Game." So for this year's Labor Day holiday, Cinefamily invites the short-attention-spanned of Los Angeles to gather at the Silent Movie Theater and watch the first five minutes of 15 oddball movies, then vote on which one they want to see in its entirety. Mind you, these are films not available on DVD — nearly lost to the ages, and often for good reason — yet somehow procured on VHS by the intrepid spelunkers at Cinefamily. A self-produced documentary short on the hows and whys of Cinefamily's hunt for rare cinema precedes the game, and a patio barbecue follows the screening. Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A.; Mon., Sept. 7, 6 p.m.; $10. (323) 655-2510. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, September 4, 2009.)
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