Baltic Cinema: Cecil B. Demented
Dir. John Waters USA 2000 87’
35mm transferred to digital video | In English | 18
Cecil B Demented has been selected by Kuba Ryniewicz, currently exhibiting in Close to Home, as part of a season of films. View full season here.
Baltic Cinema: Cecil B. Demented
Thu 24 September | 18:30
£6/£4.50* per person
Kuba Ryniewicz joins us to introduce the first in a special season of films selected for Baltic Cinema which will continue into October and November.
Vowing to punish the crass sins of commercial cinema, fuelled by revolutionary zeal and self-imposed sexual frustration, Cecil B. Demented (Stephen Dorff) and his guerrilla production crew kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie. Invading the streets of Baltimore, they shoot their no-budget epic starring their hostage Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith). Nothing is going to stand in Cecil’s way, no matter what…
Doors open 18:00; Film starts 18:30. Pop-up cinema bar open from 18:00 for drinks.
Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.
*Concessions: under 18s, unwaged & 65+
Baltic Cinema
Baltic Cinema is a year-round cinema programme at Baltic, lighting up our Level 1 Cinema with the best new and archive films. Bringing otherwise rarely-screened work to the North East, Baltic Cinema also expands our exhibitions, offering a chance to explore further some of the themes they raise.
Baltic Cinema has five strands:
Currents presents new work from across the world
Sources expands on our exhibitions
Selected shows films selected by our artists and partners
Quayside Kino is a monthly screening for families and children
News From Home offers films on and from the North East, for the people who live here
All regular screenings take place in our Level 1 Cinema.
Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
