Devils on the Doorstep at Santa Cruz GDI

Horrifying and yet full of life and often disturbingly funny, "Devils on the Doorstep" is a different drama of World War II ― as seen from occupied China.

Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In Presents:

Devils on the Doorstep (鬼 子来了)

Award-winning 2000 Chinese black comedy produced and directed by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang himself, set in the shadow of the Great Wall during the final months of the Japanese occupation. By turns incongruously hilarious and grotesquely shocking, it staggers the mind, a film of much complexity that will resonate with any thinking viewer. Shot in rich, shadowy black-and-white, Devils chronicles, with increasingly amused irony, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives. It concerns much more than the specific time and place it encompasses, acting as a powerful indictment of the burdens of war on a civilian population. While acknowledging that war is hell, it goes further to suggest it is ludicrous.

PLUS thrilling and funny short films, an intermission, and great company.

Friday August 17th, 8:00pm
Railroad Tracks at Fair Ave, Santa Cruz

BRING lawn chairs, blankets, pillows, friends, wine, & food to share for intermission. Donations are greatly appreciated and directly support the projec

SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is an outdoor movie theatre under the stars that springs up unexpectedly in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great movies and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is helping reclaim public space and transforming our urban environment into the joyful playground it should be.

URBAN WASTELAND LOCATION: We are back at our Fair Ave. RR track location! S on Hwy 17 to Hwy 1, Hwy 1 north to Mission St, L on Fair Ave after Feral Donuts, walk a short way along the RR tracks to the right.

BREAKING NEWS Indybay offers a great reportback on the Homeless Campout/Guerilla Drive-In event. Check it out. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/13/18440341.php See updated summer schedule, discussion, do-it-yourself, email list, the works: www.guerilladrivein.org