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Get a dose from the Good Doctor! Ladies get In free nightly til 11 pm! |BMnnimianw«w.iiftn DJ Grooves 80s Night (Hip Hop) (80 s dance with mainstream) DJ Grooves (Hip-Hop, Top 20, Mainstream) S ^ 2E; Cocktail Research An amazing musical journey of Hope and redemption Symphony of a Thousand Mahler Thursday, May 16,8 pm Friday, May 17,8 pm Student tickets $10 Tickets 682-5000 or EMU www.eugenesymphony.org A cast of 400 raises the roof at Miguel's Farewell Concert. A monumental choral spectacle for orchestra, E soloists, 250 singers and children's choir. Once in a lifetime event! EXCZL boy. \HV V.ov* 0« 6f* V;\0® #1* rVSv. 2S3< TOYS* VIDEOS MAGAZINES* DVDs LINGERIE 1166 South A* Springfield Open 24-7 (Almost) 726-6969 492 E 13th 686-2458 t For the week of Friday, May 10thll New Bijou Movie Guide now In Bijou Lobbyll www.bijou-cinemas.com ‘EXTRAORDINARY!” —Andrew Sarris.Tlw New York Observer THE ,„ Endurance Shockleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition 7:25 & 9:30 Nightly Sat&SunMat3:30piT lightly thear “A heartwarmer. Ha delicacy and tenderness will get to you!" -J«y Cmt, BOSTON GLOBE rPauline &fPaulette a film by Lieven Debrauzver ONE WEEK ONLY! 4:45 Nightly [Mj ACADEMY AWARD WINNER Best Supporting Actor—Jim Broadbent |KIS JUnDENCH ■ ■ KATE WINSLET FINAL WEEK! 5:25 Nightly £ Hi HeM Over by Popular Demand! Must End Soon! ‘It glows and sings with color and music, and with the humanity of its characters." — Akb/W, DENVER POST m Hmswit Redding 6:30 & 8:55 Nightly Sat & Sun Mat 2:30pm, NEXT: ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS It’s a road movie, Charlie Brown Andrew Dickson brings his film ‘Good Grief,’ made on a small budget and toured independently, to Eugene By Alix Kerl Oregon Daily Emerald Charlie Brown and his friends are coming to Eu gene in the independent film “Good Grief.” Filmmaker Andrew Dickson’s “Good Grief,” whose characters are loosely based on those of Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts,” is about a group of outcast high school Dun geons-and-Dragons gamers who take a road trip during their final year of high school. Dickson made his film during a four-year period with no profes sional actors and a budget the size of a medium-sized film’s catering expense. He then took it on tour. The film will be shown 7:30 p.m. Saturday at “My House,” on 1136 W. Fifth Ave., between Polk Street and Blair Boulevard. Dickson’s short film “Autographs.com,” a combination of MTV’s “Jackass” and Michael Moore’s “Roger & Me,” will also be shown. The sug gested donation is between $3 and $5. The plot of “Good Grief’ is sim ple: The film’s protagonist is Chuck, a likable geek who can’t find a girlfriend. Chuck’s friends, including his buddy Magnus (played by Burn Collector zine writer Al Burian), decide to take a road trip during spring break. The trip, which starts as a chance to find a treasure, winds up taking the group through personal crisis, en counters with rock ’n’ roll, romance and self-discovery. Dickson shot “Good Grief’ on 16 mm film, and it was produced en tirely by volunteers. The sound track and is laden with indie rock including The Selby Tigers and The Fucking Champs. Dickson showed his first film short, “2-ply Comply,” at several film festivals, but for his newest film he decided to bypass the film festival circuit. He gathered a movie screen from a thrift store, a projector, a PA, a movie camera to play the film through and then set off in his minivan to project his film wherever it was dark. He played the film at college campus es, in basements, rock concert ven ues and bookstores. There’s a great history of touring with film, Dickson said. At the turn of the century, black filmmakers would take their films from town to town and set up tents because they had nowhere else to show their films, he said. “What’s going on in film right now is that all the tools are being placed in filmmakers hands,” Dick son said. “It’s almost easier to make a film than buy all the instruments for a band.” Marc Moscato, an arts and ad ministration graduate student who organized the show, read about Dickson’s film in a music magazine and immediately wanted to book him. Moscato said he respects Dick son’s filmmaking and his circum vention of normal film distribution. Moscato said that it is hard for independent artists to distribute their works. “My House,” Mosca to’s abode-turned-all-ages venue, is a place where independent filmmakers and musicians can display their talents. Turn to ‘Good Grief’, page 12 8S888888& STUDENT NIGHTLIFE SERIES an, UIMIT DJ J-RAY DJ LIL GENE FRIDAY MAY I 0 Advance tickets and concert information available at www.wildduckbrewery.com and www.eugene.com
