Behind the Screens October 2024

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Behind the Screens

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By Nicki Wilson

October 2024

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Hello Members, Supporters, and Moviegoers,

Last night I received Berkshire Magazine’s award at Barrington Stage for being one of this year’s “Berkshire 25” winners. This award is given annually to 25 people who are chosen by people across Berkshire County for having contributed to their communities. I was honored to receive the award for the work I’ve done for the Triplex, but feel this award belongs to the entire Triplex community.

Berkshire 25

Recipients of the Berkshire 25 Award

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Without the Triplex’s incredible Board of Directors, community donations and the ceaseless work of so many volunteers, the Triplex would not exist. Thank you to all who’ve contributed and continue to contribute to the Triplex’s mission of “Movies for All.”

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Donna Zaccaro

We were pleased to have many filmmakers present with their films this September. Starting with director Donna Zaccaro, who showed her film about her mother “Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way.” It was eerie seeing on screen the similarities between the 1984 Democratic Convention when Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman ever nominated to be Vice-President of the United States and this year’s Democratic convention when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for President. The enthusiasm and the chant “We’re not going back,” was prevalent at both conventions. Letty Pobegrin, a founding editor of Ms. Magazine and a friend of Ferraro’s, was the interviewer for this fascinating talkback between herself and Zaccaro.

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Rachel Syme and Susan Seidelman

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Susan Seidelman, director of the cult classic “Desperately Seeking Susan” and author of her recently released memoir “Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir about Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls,” was also here in September. After we showed Seidelman’s iconic film, she was interviewed by Rachel Syme, a staff writer from The New Yorker, who had written a feature about Seidelman this summer for her magazine. The backstory of the making of the film, the casting of Madonna (who was still an unknown) and Seidelman’s ability to get actors Aiden Quinn, John Turturro, and others, because they had not “made it” yet,was fascinating. We are hoping to have this talkback as well as all our other tailbacks up on our website by November for people who might have missed the events.

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Griffin Dunne and Adam Schartoff

Perhaps, for many, one of the highlights in September was our double bill with actor, writer, director and producer, Griffin Dunne. Dunne, who’s memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club” reached #5 this past summer on the New York Times Book List. Dunne did a talkback with Adam Schartoff from WKZE after we showed Dunne’s film about his aunt Joan Didion, “The Center will Not Hold.” The riveting story of Didion’s life was intimately captured by Dunne because of his close relationship with her. After the talkback Dunne signed copies of his book before he did the introduction to his film “An American Werewolf in London” in which he costarred. The story of how he was cast in the film by John Landis was interesting. Dunne met Landis for what he thought would be an audition, but after 10 minutes, Landis thanked him, and Dunne left thinking he had not gotten the part. He got home to his East Village apartment and the phone was ringing. It was Landis, saying there would be someone bringing him a script to read right away and the messenger would wait outside the door until he finished it. After he finished it, he returned the script to the messenger. Landis called and asked him if he liked the script and if so, did he want the role.

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Kevin Coleman

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Rounding off September was Kevin Coleman from Shakespeare and Company, who did a talkback with Natalie Love, the Triplex’s Operation Director, after the film “Sing Sing.” Coleman, who has worked with prisoners, shared his experiences of working with non-actors and how acting can help one get in touch with the authentic part of the self. Also, in September, we had Hilary Baack one of the actors in Elliot Page’s new film “Close to You” as part of a talkback with our Creative Director Ben Elliott. The Triplex provided a sign language interpreter for the interview as Baack is deaf.

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Food Inc 2

Coming up in October, we’re pleased to announce that Berkshire International Film Festival’s Fall Environmental film series will show Food Inc 2 at 3pm on Sunday afternoon, October 27 at the Triplex. The film will be followed with a Q & A by speakers/activists led by Lillian Lennox. On November 15, BIFF will show the 2nd film in their environmental series Farming While Black at 7 pm with a Q & A with the filmmakers/participants led by Lillian Lennox. Both events will be free to the public.

Made in MA

Made in MA

The Triplex Cinema and Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative announce a special one-time screening of “Made in Massachusetts,” an epic chronological compilation of over two hundred movies and television shows shot in Massachusetts between 1922 and 2022, including several films shot in the Berkshires. Tickets for the October 13th screening are available at the Triplex Cinema for free, however donations are welcome and all proceeds will be shared by the Triplex and BFMC. Following the screening will be a conversation between director Adam Roffman and BFMC’s Executive Director Diane Pearlman.

YFF

If you haven’t done so already, please tell everyone you know between the ages of 13-19 that the Triplex is holding a Young Filmmakers Film Festival. Information about the festival and how to submit can be found by going to our website thetriplex.org.

Submissions are now open for our Young Filmmakers Festival

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Sign Off

I want to remind everyone that the theater is closed on Mondays now; open for Discount Tuesdays; and we’re running Open Caption Screenings on Wednesdays when the films with that option are available from the studios.

Please remember to donate to thetriplex.org when you can to keep our community-run nonprofit theater going. Hope to see you at the movies!

With gratitude,

Nicki Wilson

President of the Board of Directors

Triplex Cinema

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