What to do on Saturday Night

Every summer in LA a group called Cinespia organizes and holds screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Santa Monica every Saturday. The cemetery is the final resting place for Charlie Chaplin and Hollywood royal, Douglas Fairbanks among others and makes a great back drop for movies.

You can see the calendar of the screenings on Cinespia's website. This weekend they will be showing Rebel Without a Cause , which I have not seen before so you may see me there. Also, there is a special screening on Sunday night of The Holy Mountain a movie by Alejandro Jodorowsky and financed by John Lennon. A.J. also did El Topo, so if you want an idea of the film, I think it will be just as surreal and strange. This will be the first public showing of the movie, as it has been banned in this country for the last 30 years. (Don't fret, if you are interested you can see it on Netflix.)

D.J.s spin records before and after.

Hints for attending the screening:

• If there is a movie you really want to see, be sure to line up early. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and people get there much earlier. I was fortunate enough to attend Vertigo a couple weeks ago and I know that they had to turn people away.
• The $10 donation ticket isn't suggested, it is mandatory. But hey where can you see a movie in Los Angeles for $10 with 1,000 of your closest friends
• Pack a picnic lunch, bring a pizza, or grab some Astroburger food is allowed.
• Bring a bottle of wine. Alcohol is also allowed, but as always drink in moderation. The lines for the bathroom are ridiculously long.
• Bring a blanket, believe it or not, it does get really cold.
• Bring camping chairs, everyone else does and it is hard to crane your neck to see the move if everyone else has chairs and not you.