BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Lynch and Van Sant SANT South African Native Trust featured at the Bijou In conjunction with director David Lynch's talk on Tuesday about Transcendental Meditation Transcendental Meditation, service mark for a religious movement based on Vedanta philosophy, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Stressing natural meditation and the liberating pleasures such practices could invoke, the movement's meditation method is believed to help , the Bijou Art Cinemas is featuring his short films this weekend. "Eraserhead," a deeply twisted and classic late night feature, will be screened at 11:30 p.m. today and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . On Saturday at 11:30 p.m., the Bijou will host the theatrical debut of "The Short Films of David Lynch," a collection of his early works that was released on home video in 2002. Lynch, who created such cult cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and practices associated with a given divinity or social group. classics as "Blue Velvet velvet, fabric having a soft, thick, short pile, usually of silk, and a plain twill or satin weave ground. The pile surface is formed by weaving an extra set of warp threads that are looped over wires as in Wilton carpet, the rods being withdrawn after the weft " and "Twin Peaks," was nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for a directing Oscar for his most recent film, 2001's "Mulholland Dr." In the cinema's other auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. will be the Lane County premiere of `Last Days,' Gus Van Sant's take on a Kurt Cobain-like rock star. It screens at 11:45 p.m. all three nights, and at 2:50 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $4 on Friday and Saturday and $3 on Sunday. The Bijou is at 492 E. 13th Ave. Solondz movie the focus of Odd Sunday program "Happiness" will be the featured film at the Odd Sunday Film Seminar at 6 p.m. Sunday at DIVA, 110 W. Broadway. Henry Weintraub will lead a discussion of the film, written and directed by Todd Solondz. It tells the story of three middle-class New Jersey sisters who all have problems with their families and sex lives. Admission is free. Video festival seeking entries in many genres The Mid-Valley Video Festival, to be held at the Northern Lights Theatre Pub in Salem next February, is seeking submissions. Filmmakers may enter films in the categories of feature, documentary, music video, animation or "anything else." The entry deadline is Jan. 13, 2006. All accepted entries will be screened, and prizes will be awarded. For rules and an application, visit mvvfest.org. - The Register-Guard |
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