R18+ | 92 Mins | 1979 | DCP | US | D: Walter Hill
Arc Cinema presents a series of irreverent Friday night filmic feasts, curated and hosted by drag artist and culture warrior Venus Mantrap.
Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap plumbs the archives to showcase cinema with bite: films that unnerve, push buttons, ask questions and just look good on the big screen! Gather your tribe of misfits and rowdy rebels and join Venus for edgy movies, fan favourites and hidden gems.
When a street gang from Coney Island are mistakenly accused of killing a respected gang leader, the Warriors must make it back to their home turf in southern Brooklyn. They have to navigate a 30-mile stretch teeming with vengeful gangs including the Rogues, the Riffs and the Baseball Furies. Kicking off the Cult Classics mini season, ‘(Retro) Flex and The City’, is Walter Hill’s 1979 fan favourite, The Warriors.
“The primary thrill of the Warriors comes not from observing these gangs but from the sensation of joining one, of tagging along with a group of city slickers that know the lay of the land like the back of their leather-gloved hands.” – Charles Bramesco
“Anyone expecting gritty realism will be disappointed, because Hill is offering something better: shooting entirely on NY locations at night, he has transformed the city into a phantasmagoric labyrinth of weird tribes in fantastic dress and make-up who move over (and under) the streets as untouched as troglodytes by the civilisation sleeping around them.” – Time Out (London)
Includes a pre-screening introduction and live performance by Venus Mantrap.
PLEASE NOTE: This film is rated R18+. People under 18 cannot be admitted to the screening.
The details
What: Screening of The Warriors, with a live performance by Venus Mantrap
When: Fri 28 Mar 8:00 PM
Where: Arc Cinema, NFSA Acton
Cost: $10–12pp. Tickets available via NFSA.
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