Going. For People Who Love to Go Out.
See where Los Angeles is going, share places you hang out and meet people who like the same things.
invites you to
Editors' Pick 
SUMMER SCREENING MIXERS (Event Over)
Fri 7/25 (7:30PM) @ Barker Block
501-530 Hewitt St.
Los Angeles, CA
90013
Map
The Buzz: 63 people like it
- Cost: FREE!
- Official Site: http://www.dffla.com
Latest Photos
(0) view all|quick upload|upload multiple photos
Editors' Take
From the Beat Generation to jet propulsion, from Satanism to L. Ron Hubbard, filmmaker Craig Baldwin lays out the secret history of California in a mash-up of historical footage. This complimentary screening is a speedy taste of what's to come at the upcoming Downtown Film Festival.
July 25th – Pop Culture Redux
“Mock Up On Mu” (2008, USA, 114 mins.)
Writer/Director: Craig Baldwin
Notorious Bay Area kino-renegade Craig Baldwin tops his earlier
found-footage operas “Spectres of the Spectrum” and
“Sonic Outlaws” with this much-anticipated work, a
rapid-fire pulp serial–cum–political tract on
California’s major military, entertainment and religious
industries. Hitting upon everything from Satanism to Scientology,
the Beats to the jets (propulsion, that is), Baldwin revs up his
characteristic stock footage re-appropriations with some
live-action scenes, adding an over-the-top pulp flair to the
proceedings.
The film focuses on three seemingly disparate characters to fuel
this secret history of California: Jack Parsons, inventor of solid
rocket fuel, founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Aleister
Crowley acolyte; Marjorie Cameron, artist, beatnik and occultist;
and L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer turned Scientology
founder. Rather than straightforward profiles, Baldwin mashes up
their histories with archival footage drawn from his vast
collection of educational and governmental films, subverting their
original narratives (and intent) to his own purposes.
The Buzz