THE LOVED ONE
1965. 122 min. Directed by Tony Richardson
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“The Motion Picture With Something to Offend Everyone!”
In 1965, bisexual director Tony Richardson, gay co-writer Christopher Isherwood and Terry Southern adapted Evelyn Waugh’s riotously funny satire into this outrageous, very queer black comedy. Robert Morse plays Dennis, an English naif who travels to Hollywood to visit uncle John Gielgud. When his uncle commits suicide, Dennis is thrust into a bizarre and hilarious series of encounters with some very weird characters played by Rod Steiger, Milton Berle, Tab Hunter, Robert Morley and the one and only Liberace as a…well, we won’t spoil it. The film is a favorite of our guest presenter Fred Schneider, frontman and founding member of one of the greatest bands of all time: The B-52’s. Schneider will join us to talk about the film’s “dark 60s humor I love” and more! Don’t miss it!
Fred Schneider is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member. The B-52's got their start in 1976 when founders Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, and Schneider played an impromptu number after drinking at a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia. The band played their first real gig in 1977 at a Valentine's Day party for their friends. The band's first single was "Rock Lobster" which was recorded for DB Records in 1978. It was an underground success and sold over 20,000 copies in total. In 1979, the B-52's signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records for South America, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. They also signed with Island Records for Europe and Asia. After the death of Ricky Wilson in 1985, the band went on hiatus. They reformed in 1989 and went on to mainstream success. Their acclaimed albums include The B-52s, Wild Planet, Whammy!, Bouncing off the Satellites, Cosmic Thing, Good Stuff and Funplex. Schneider has released two solo albums, Fred Schneider and the Shake Society, and Just Fred.
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