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Oddball Films presents Futures Past: Vintage Visions of Tomorrow, a night of films from the 20th Century that attempt to envision and predict the future. From documentary to comedy, sci-fi, animation, experimental and more, this is a multi-genred night of futurism from the 1900s through the 1980s.
Featuring: At Home 2001 (Color, 1967) Walter Cronkite envisions the future for the home. An exploration of people’s lives and living conditions inspired the advancement of technology in the future, this jaw-dropping episode includes predictions for 3D TVs, paper furniture, robot butlers and more; some ridiculous and some eerily accurate. An episode of the 21st Century, a short-lived spin off of Cronkite's earlier news magazine The 20th Century. A Trip to the Moon (B+W, 1902) Georges Melies's fantastical early silent film depicting the then science-fiction concept of traveling to the moon. As a group of explorers head out to the moon (after a send off by a gaggle of beauties), they find a bizarre and magical world of moon goddesses, overgrown fungi, and a community of hostile bug-like aliens. Welcome Back Mr. Fox (Color, 1986) A funny science fiction short set in the not-too-distant future. Mr. Fox, a movie producer, has just been resuscitated from a cryogenic freeze, only to find out that his future is not as he hoped it would be. He is only a head that must be attached and detached from a robot body. Directed by Walter Pitt.
Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to RSVP@oddballfilm.com or (415) 558-8117
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