Holy Fools: The Anti-biopics of Scott & Larry

THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996) / AUTO FOCUS (2002)

Introduction by screenwriter Larry Karaszewski!

Thursday, December 4 - 7:30PM Aero Theatre, Santa Monica, CA

THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT - Millionaire pornographer Larry Flynt may seem an unlikely subject for a biopic, but in the hands of director Milos Forman and screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, his life and legal battles brilliantly illuminate the continuing American conflict between free speech and censorship. The outstanding cast is led by Woody Harrelson as the Hustler magazine founder, rocker Courtney Love as doomed stripper Althea Leasure and Edward Norton as attorney Alan Isaacman.

AUTO FOCUS - Greg Kinnear gives one of his finest performances as Bob Crane, the affable star of television’s “Hogan’s Heroes,” in director Paul Schrader’s subversive Hollywood biopic. A savagely funny, ultimately tragic portrait of a likable celebrity who hides a sex addiction and an exhibitionistic streak - a streak that manifests itself in Crane’s unusual friendship with John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), an electronics enthusiast who records the duo’s sexual escapades. As the men’s relationship turns darker, Schrader’s film grows more compelling.

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