THE DOPE ON DOPE >>> •I'M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN (1982), •IN TIME OF
TROUBLE (1954), •I'M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN (1982). <<<THE DOPE ON
DOPE>>>


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SPLODGE! GETS BOLSHY WHEN IT'S MATES ARE IN TROUBLE!

Our amiable hosts at The Empress Hotel, who supply us with a safe and
congenial space for our exclusive use and enjoyment ( - which we could
never otherwise afford - ) are under siege by nefarious anti-joy
forces, so we are rallying to their help!

If you support Splodge!, you can play YOUR part in helping fight the
sound restrictions unfairly placed on our beloved venue by signing THE
PETITION! And RETURNING IT! ( - You could send it back over to
Splodge!, or straight to the kindly folk at the Empress. If you're
coming to our future screenings, you'll find a hard copy of the
petition at our admin desk.)

http://www.theempresshotel.com.au/fair%20go.htm

- Splodge! says thanks for you consideration in this matter. You could
not begin to imagine how much our l'il film society owes these people!

"VicMusic supports it. Fair go 4 Live Music supports it.
100s, if not thousands, support it and enjoy it!

This call for help is wider, though, not only punters and musicians
need to respond to this call. Anyone who has taken advantage
of the colourful and diverse live music scene in Melbourne
will be affected by this. The Threat? One resident!

The Empress stands as a 16 year old supporter and promoter of live
music.

And her demise will undermine the value and joy of our inherent musical
talent, and jeopardise the future of local businesses and artists.
The solution? Well! Its starts with your support at the benefit gigs.

Highly regarded artists such as Vika and Linda, The Lucksmiths and
Machine Translations as well as locally celebrated artists such TZU,
Curse of Dialect, Music Vs Physics and The Dave Broadly Band, to name a
few have banded together, making a stand to save a stronghold of the
Melbourne Live music scene currently under fire.

The petition, already signed by so many across Melbourne, is available
at:

http://www.theempresshotel.com.au "

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2nd. Quartile

MAY
AD 2003

Monday, 05th.

Registration: 7.30 - 8.00 pm
Screening: >>>>> 8.00 (*EIGHT*!!!!) pm <<<<<

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THE DOPE ON DOPE
featuring:

•I'M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN (1982),
"VALIUM®: trade name for the drug Diazepam; an addictive tranquilizer,
member of the group of minor tranquilizers known as benzodiazepines;
often used by physicians to alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal from
alcohol addiction as well as for the treatment of anxiety and tension
and as a sedative, a muscle relaxant, and an anti-convulsant."

JILL CLAYBURGH is terrific in this riveting but harrowing drama as TV
documentary film maker Barbara Gordon, desperately trying to be the
woman who can "do it all", but whose apparent success masks a deeper
failure to cope with life's complexities, built on a compulsive,
horrific over-reliance on little blue tabs - Valium®.

While making a doco on a Cancer-stricken poet, played by GERALDINE
PAGE, the fragile veneer of control over Barbara’s life crumbles after
a small professional crisis presents; her dependence on the
prescription-tranquillizer Valium® increases and she launches a
disastrous attempt to go cold turkey, inevitably doomed to fail,
resulting in even more emotional and physical stress and turmoil, thus
beginning her slow and steady spiral into the snakepit of madness.

But this is much more than a story of nagging addiction and harrowing
withdrawal - of the redemption of a "a pill-popping dingbat" (as the
therapist - DIANNE WIEST - who helps Barbara out of her addiction and
back to reality puts it); it is an examination of the devastating
effects wrought by low self-esteem - of the price of the Devil’s
Bargain: a syndrome often attendant in the lives of people whose career
triumphs are achieved at great personal cost: success at the price of
conditional personal acceptance. It's a dramatic and suspenseful story
of one woman's survival in a battle for her sanity – and to rebuild her
life. In this urgent quest, she must discover her inner strength,
independence, an understanding of the real treasures of life, and the
ability to be truly happy.

Barbara is conflicted by a curious dualism: on the one hand she is
barely likeable - obsessive-compulsive, hostile, chain-smoking, a
compulsive pill-popper, yet she is struggling to achieve insight and
understanding in the spheres of both her personal and professional
life. We are given hints of guilty secrets in Barbara's past, and
present – unresolved relationships, and the implications of shame
associated with the furtive use of chemical "props": the "grit" that
precipitated her nagging subterranean anguish, and there are parallel
sub-plots of ambiguous co-dependency involving boyfriend Derek Bauer
(NICOL WILLIAMSON), who, resorting to alcohol to numb his own impotent
failures in business and relationships, crumbles into his own
ineffectual, violent insanity. WILLIAMSON is certainly creepy, but we
never understand his reluctance to get Barbara medical help during her
withdrawal. As Barbara withdraws, CLAYBURGH goes all out - convulsing,
drooling, shrieking, maniacal, with wild mad eyes and "Frances Farmer"
hair. When she is eventually institutionalised, we see the anger that
the Valium® had suppressed as she rages at WIEST. JOE PESCI has a
charming support role as an astro-travelling patient Barbara meets in
the psychiatric institution while she is breaking the habit ("...stop
over at the Moon for a burger and to change a few modules.")

CLAYBURGH’s husband, playwright David Rabe, as well as co-producing the
film, adapted the screenplay from Barbara Gordon's autobiographical
memoir of her addiction to prescription drugs ( - also with the same
title), and Michael Eisner is also said to have had something to do
with the production, according to producer Edgar Scherick. The music of
Stanley Silverman and the Primavera String Quartet is particularly
beautiful and moving, as is the controlled cinematography by Dutch
master JAN DE BONT. PAGE's poetry is by Marsha Rabe. Songs used are: "I
GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN" by Tony Bennett and Count Basie, "DO
THE DOG" by The Specials and "OUR LOVE IS INSANE" by Desmond Child and
Rouge. Article on Barbara Gordon and contemporary Mental Health issues:
"No More Double Standard for Health Care, Author Says. - Barbara
Gordon urges women to take control." By Pat Springer 02/21/02
<http://www.business-journal.com/LateFeb02/WomenHealthControl.html>

Countless numbers of individuals have lived this story, and anyone with
any sensitivity who has seen this film or read the book will continue
to be haunted by it. It really encourages us to believe in ourselves,
above all else. Prod Co: Paramount Pictures. Dir: Jack Hofsiss. Prod:
Edgar J. Scherick, Scott Rudin. Scr: David Rabe. Phot: Jan de Bont. Ed:
Michael Bradsell. Mus: Stanley Silverman, The Primavera String Quartet,
Paul Jacobs, piano soloist. Art Dir: David Jenkins. Cast: JILL
CLAYBURGH, NICOL WILLIAMSON, DIANNE WEIST, JOE PESCI, GERALDINE PAGE,
ALBERT SALMI, JOHN LITHGOW, James Sutorius, David Margulies, Kathleen
Widdoes, Daniel Stern, Anne de Salvo, Ellen Greene, Cordis Heard,
Richard Masur, Jeffrey de Munn. 106 mins. RESURRECTION MEDIA.

with supporting short:

•IN TIME OF TROUBLE (1954),
Mrs. Denckman is at the end of her rope. She has grave concerns about
her husband’s drinking and goes to see her local Minister, Dr Burns,
who also acts as a counselor. Mrs Denkman explains her problem and we
are shown her husband, John, who seems to be lacking responsibility. On
one occasion he comes home smelling of alcohol.

Dr Burns listens to her and advises. The film shows that she has total
trust in him. While Dr Burns is thinking the film focuses on Mrs.
Denkman "fussing" in a couple of day to day situations. The Doctor
remarks authoritatively that "John was never what you called a drinker"
and then adds in the wife's "defense" that "she didn't mean to be
unpleasant, she simply had that (kind of) personality".

"Dr Burns thinks that next time Mrs. Denckman comes to him for help,
she
maybe more able to face the real problem, her own personality". Based
on the book "Marriage for Moderns", by Henry A. Bowman, and they form a
series of films by the same name. Both titles present dramatized
stories to provoke thought and discussion on the problems faced in
married relationships. Or, in short, if there are any problems in the
relationship, you can bet your bottom dollar that it is the woman who
is to blame. - Michael Fairlie. 14 mins. ALC.


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