LSFF: Special Event: Little Stabs of Happiness

The legendary ICA club night returns with quiet music, films, loud music & dancing. Includes a rare screening of The Savage Eye.

A revival of Little Stabs at Happiness, the legendary music and film club presented by Mark Webber at the ICA from 1997 to 2000. Early evening experimental films and contemporary music will be followed by a rare screening of The Savage Eye, all shown on 16mm film, just the way it should be. When the credits roll, the volume rises, as original Little Stabs DJs and special guests spin disco anthems, new wave big beats and smash hits of yesteryear.

Programme

8pm: Quiet Music & Underground Movies


• Olivia’s Place, Thom Andersen, 1966, 16mm, 6 min

• Pony Glass, Lewis Klahr, 1998, 16mm, 15 min

• My Tears Are Dry, Laida Lertxundi, 2009, 16mm, 4 min

9.30pm: Feature Film

The Savage Eye, Ben Maddow, Sydney Meyers & Joseph Strick, 1960, 68 min

A single woman tours the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, searching for hope but seeing only despair.

11pm: Music & Dancing

Real songs with a beat you can dance to.

1am: Close