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Playing Saturday, April 1 at 12:00 Midnight at Enzian*

WHO MAKES MOVIES?
USA, 2005, 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LUCCY
Get the truth about Hollywood from a man with his hand on the pulse of the industry—meet Randy Palmer, fluffer.

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AMERICAN STAG
USA, 2006, 67 MIN
DIRECTED BY BEN MEADE
WORLD PREMIERE
Back in the good old days, a fellow could thread up the projector with black and white 8mm films and invite some pals over for a gentlemen’s evening of cigars and sexy cinema. However nowadays with the Internet, it’s simply an isolated (and isolating) click on a website. Is the thrill of “stag” dead? Award winning filmmaker Ben Meade, takes you into the fascinating world of popular erotic movies made from the ‘20s to the ‘60s, before VHS or Beta was born. Chiming in with commentary and recollections are indie film guru Chris Gore, Adam Carolla (Too Late with Adam Carolla), Tommy Chong, sex experts, and cinephiles among others. Were stag filmmakers “the pioneers of independent filmmaking”? Who would have ever thought that Barbara Streisand, Joan Crawford, or Marilyn Monroe might have started out that way? That’s only part of the fun that AMERICAN STAG has to offer. Meade’s personal archives of “stag” films come to life in this entertaining documentary, with over eight decades of cinema history, providing a fascinating and amusing reflection on a naughty aspect of American filmmaking and film-watching.