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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Starring San Francisco: Bay Area Film Locations in Hollywood Movies
Wednesday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Merced Arts & Culture Salon / Summer Reading Program
San
Francisco has appeared in hundreds of movies and television series, some
famous, others obscure, from Eric von Stroheim's 1924 Greed to Dirty Harry to
Zodiac. Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Celluloid San Francisco (and former SFPL
librarian), uses film stills and clips to demonstrate the Bay Area's rich
cinematic history. Among the many familiar (or not-so-familiar scenes) are the
Alta Plaza Park steps being chipped in What's Up, Doc?, the futuristic skyline
in Towering Inferno and Bicentennial Man and the geographically inconsistent
chase sequence in Bullitt.
Princess Diaries: A San Francisco Public Library Film Festival Screening
Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 6:30 p.m.
Shy San Francisco teenager Mia Thermopolis (Anne
Hathaway) is completely thrown for a loop by the unexpected and astonishing
news that she's a real-life princess! As the heir apparent to the crown of the
small European principality of Genovia, Mia begins a comical journey toward
that throne when her strict and formidable grandmother Clarisse (Julie Andrews)
shows up to give her "princess lessons."
Please note that this Merced Arts & Culture Salon / Summer Reading Program presentation begins at 6:30 p.m., one half hour earlier than most Salons.
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