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The Little Stabs At Happiness flyers were an integral part of the club's identity...here you can delve deep into Mark's brain and wonder what exactly goes on in there...

flyer Saturday 13 December 1997

The Beast (Walerian Borowcyk, 1975)

Plus three forgotten shorts

flyer Saturday 10 January 1998

Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowsky, 1970)

Plus: St Therese (Piero Heliczer, 1970); Fuzz Against Junk (Rubington, 1960's); Straight And Narrow (Tony & Beverly Conrad, 1970)

 

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Friday 6 February 1998

Vampyres (Jose Ramon Larraz, 1974)

Plus: Legend At Big Sur (Walter Chappell, 1974); That's All (Simon Hartog (1965); The Trag-Comedy Of Marriage (Robert Pike, 1957)

 

flyer Saturday 21 March 1998

Putney Swope (Robert Downey, 1969)

Plus: Winter (David Brooks, 1964-66); T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G, (Paul Sharits, 1968); Science Fiction (Stan VanDerBeek, 1959)

flyer Saturday 18 April 1998

Two Lane Black Top (Monte Hellman, 1972)

Plus: Peaches And Cream (Charles Levine, 1969); Circles Of Confusion (Bill Brand, 1974); Duo Concertantes (Larry Jordan, 1962-64)

flyer Saturday 9 May 1998

Andy Warhol's Bad (Jed Johnston, 1976) (replaced the advertised film "Twisted Nerve" (Roy Boulting, 1969), which was unavailable)

Plus: Ai (Love) (Taka Iimura, 1962); Synchromy (Norman McLaren, 1979); Grey Butterfat Rainbow (Bill Cote, 1967)

Blue Sunshine flyer Saturday 6 June 1998

Blue Sunshine (Jeff Lieberman, 1978)

Plus: ------ (Thom Anderson & Malcom Brodwick, 1966); Plumb Line (Carolee Schneeman, 1970's); A Lion's Tale (Walter Ungerer, 1968)

flyer Saturday 11 July 1998

The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976)

Plus: Little Stabs At Happiness (Ken Jacobs, 1959-63); Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (Jonas Mekas, 1964); An experiment In Meditation (Storm De Hirsch, 1971)

flyer Saturday 5 September 1998

Myra Breckinridge (Michael Sarne, 1974)

Plus: Now (Dennis Irving, 1969); Unsere Afrikareise (Peter Kubelka, 1966); The Girl Chewing Gum (John Smith, 1976)

Greetings Saturday 14 November 1998

Greetings (Brian De Palma, 1968)

Plus: Perfect Film (Ken Jacobs, 1986); Uptight...LA Is Burning...Shit (Ben Van Meter,  1969); New Improved Institutional Quality (Owen Land, 1976)

flyer Saturday 23 January 1999

Electra Glide In Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)

Plus: Meatdaze (Jeff Keen, 1968); The Itch-Scratch-Itch-Cycle (Manuel De Landa, 1977); Incontinence (Manuel De Landa, 1978); A Report (Bruce Connor, 1963-67)

flyer Saturday 27 February 1999

Secrets of Sex (Anthony Balch, 1970))

Plus: The Serpent (Scott Bartlett, 1971); The Petrified Dog (Sidney Peterson, 1948); Desistfilm (Stan Brakhage, 1954)

flyer Saturday 13 March 1999

The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)

Plus: Fog Line (Larry Gottheim, 1970); Rubber Cement (Robert Breer, 1975); On The Marriage Broker Joke (Owen Land, 1980)

flyer Saturday 17 April 1999

Bonnie And Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)

Plus: Defense D'Afficher (Hy Hirsch, 1955); Raw Nerves (Manuel De Landa, 1979); Lapis (James Whitney, 1963-66)

flyer Saturday 15 May 1999

The Hardcore Life (Paul Schrader, 1978)

Plus: Versailles (Chris Garratt, 1976); Standard Time (Michael Snow, 1967); The Candidates (Richard Preston, 1964)

flyer Saturday 19 June 1999

The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, 1973)

Plus: Ciao Bella (Betzy Bromberg, 1978); A History Of Motion In Motion (Stan VanDerBeek, 1966); 24 Frames Per Second (Taka Iimura, 1975-78)

flyer Saturday 24 July 1999

Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

Plus: Number 7 (Harry  Smith, 1951); Nitsch (Irm & Ed Sommer, 1969); Valse Triste (Bruce Conner,  1977)

flyer Saturday 14 August 1999

Out Of The Blue (Dennis Hopper, 1980)

Plus: San Francisco (Anthony Stern, 1968); Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1963); Oblivion (Tom Chomont, 1969-70)

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Saturday 18 September 1999

Fahrenheit 451 (Francois Truffaut, 1966)

Plus: Speak (John Latham, 1968-69); The Autumn Feast (Piero Heliczer, 1967); Remedial Reading Comprehension (George Landow, 1970)

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Saturday 16 October 1999

The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)

Plus: Threshold (Malcolm Le Grice, 1972); Film Form 1 (Stan Vanderbeek, 1970); We Shall March Again, (Lenny Lipton, 1965)

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Saturday 20 November 1999

Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)

Plus: Surfacing The Thames (David Rimmer, 1970); In Quest Of Meat Joy (Carolee Schneeman, 1968-69); Visions Of A City (Larry Jordan, 1957)

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Saturday 18 December 1999

Night Of The Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)

Plus screenings of short videos and films by Webber (the first two), Wallers (the second two) and Kurcewicz (the last two Super 8 films).

<no flyer was produced for this evening>

Saturday 18 January 2000

Silent Running (USA, 1968)

Not a Little Stabs At Happiness night as such, just Mark and BR Wallers in the ICA Bar followed by the feature film.

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Saturday 19 February 2000

The Parallax View (Alan J Pakula, 1974)

Plus: Shower Proof (Fred Drummond, 1968, UK); Serious Remembered (Stan Brakhage, 1959, UK); The Film That Rises To the Surface Of Clarified Butter (Owen Land, 1968, USA)

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Saturday 18 March 2000

Star 80 (Bob Fosse, USA 1983)

Plus: La Premiere Nuit (Georges Franju, 1957, France); Gyromorphosis (Hy Hirsch, 1955, USA); I, An Actress (George Kuchar, 1977, USA)

<same postcard as above>

Saturday 22 April 2000

Kid Blue (James Frawley, USA, 1973)

Plus: River Of Stars, Bruce Wood, 1975, USA; Little Dog For Roger,  Malcolm Le Grice, 1968, UK; Valentin De Las Sierras, Bruce Baillie, 1967, USA

<same postcard as above>

Saturday 20 May 2000

Taking Off (Milos Foreman, USA, 1971)

Plus: Globe, Ken Jacobs, 1973, USA; Tantra 1, Gordon Payne, 1969, USA; High Stepping, Roger Hammond, 1974, UK

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Saturday 10 June 2000

Mickey One  (Arthur Penn, USA, 1965)

Plus: A & B In Ontario - Joyce Wieland, 1984, Canada; What's Wrong With This Picture - Owen Land (formerly known as George
Landow), 1972, USA; Piece Touchee - Martin Arnold, 1989,  Austria

<same postcard as above>

 

Saturday 15 July 2000

Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978, USA)

Plus: Migration - David Rimmer, 1969,  Canada; Barn Rushes - Larry Gottheim, 1971, USA; 3/60 : Baum in Herbst - Kurt Kren, 1960, Germany

<same postcard as above>

 

Saturday 12 August 2000

Theorem (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969,  Italy)

Plus: Shutter - Taka Iimura, 1971, Japan ; X - Vincent Grenier, 1976, Canada; Tung - Bruce Baillie, 1966, USA 

flyer Saturday 9 September 2000

Christiane F. (Ulrich Edel, 1981,  Germany) 

Plus: Kino Da! - Henry Hills, USA, 1981; Epileptic Seizure Comparison - Paul Sharits, 1976, USA; An Aesthetic Quality - Vaughn Obern, 1967, USA

 

<same postcard as above>

 

Saturday 21 October 2000

Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, UK, 1968) 

Plus: Le Sexe Enrage - Roland Lethem, 1970, Belgium
The Visible Compendium - Larry Jordan, 1991, USA
The Dead - Stan Brakhage 1960, USA

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Thursday November 2 2000

Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1971) 

Plus: Boobs A Lot - Aggy Read, 1968, Australia
Marilyn Times Five - Bruce Conner, 1968-73, USA
Flak - Graeme Ewens, 1970,  UK


I've got spares of most of these lurking around the office - if you would like one or more of them, send a postcard sized sae / IMO to Pulp People, PO Box 87, Sheffield S11 8WJ.