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Led Zeppelin THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME Screens Thursday August 28th at Schlafly Bottleworks
“I think this is a song of hope!”
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME will screen Thursday August 28th at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood
The 1976 concert film THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME captures Led Zeppelin in all their hedonistic glory, swaggering their way through their greatest hits. It’s the chronicle of a quartet of metal geniuses, showing them in real life as themselves, doing what they do best. We also get a glimpse into their minds eye in trippy fantasy sequences with the guys as Medieval knights and sorcerers, Masqueraded party guests, and race car drivers……and in seventies tradition, each band member receives a ridiculously long solo (the film runs 137 minutes!) and that’s the way it should be!
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME is an odd combination of some music video-type fantasy sequences and a bit of 1970s documentary to boot. While it is true that the non-concert fantasy sequences of this movie are on the self-indulgent side, this was the only film made about Led Zeppelin when they were all alive. One thing that makes this movie special for the fan is how notoriously “anti-TV” the band was during its career and thus how much less exposure they had during their prime. Led Zep was not dying to get on TV at every opportunity like most other bands. TV has a tiny picture and crappy sound so it is just not a proper way to experience the band and that is why they avoided TV at every turn. Fans are forever grateful that THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME was made for that reason alone and the film is rightfully enshrined by Ledheads
If you always wished you could’ve seen one of the greatest bands of all time live, the screening at Schlafly Bottleworks is as close as you can get now, A Film Series is presenting the Rockumentary film series – THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME will be part of it next Thursday, August 28th at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood, Missouri 63143). The movie begins at 7pm.
Doors open at 6:30. Come on in for dinner and a movie.
Six bucks suggested for screening.
Food and drink available for purchase from Schlafly.
A Film Series provides a crowd funded source of support for our pet projects Helping Kids Together and A Universal Design Project. HKT is the cornerstone project of our social enterprise and focused on promoting cultural diversity and social awareness. Funds left over after screening costs from A Film Series contribute to keeping both HKT and AUDP moving forward with producing universally designed events, programs and other business related activity that relates to improving the world at large.
A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/300185406831834
Schlafly Bottleworks site can be found HERE
The A Film Series can be found HERE
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