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A Killer Life: Indie Producer Christine Vachon in Person! Monday, September 25: 7 Special Screening of Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, USA, 1999; 118m) followed by discussion and book signing. On the occasion of the publication of Christine Vachon’s memoir A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Simon & Schuster), the Film Society is pleased to welcome Ms. Vachon to the Walter Reade Theater for a screening of Boys Don’t Cry (starring Best Actress Oscar© winner Hilary Swank). This Academy Award© winning film, which was shown in the New York Film Festival in 1999, is a sensitive and subtle rendering of the tragic true story of Brandon Teena, whose masquerade as a man courted jealousy and met a violent revenge. In reviewing the film, Janet Maslin of the New York Times called executive producer Christine Vachon “habitually daring.” The screening will be followed by a discussion about life in an independent world with the Film Society’s program director, Richard Peña. At the end of the evening, Ms. Vachon will be signing copies of A Killer Life, which will be available for sale in the Walter Reade lobby. Since teaming up with Todd Haynes on his first feature, Poison, in 1991, Christine Vachon has become an iconic figure in the independent cinema scene. In fact, her production company, Killer Films, is one of the few truly independent production companies still around. Many of her films have been featured by the Film Society — Swoon (Tom Kalin, 1992), I Shot Andy Warhol (Marry Harron, 1996) and Camp (Todd Graff, 2003) all had their New York premieres in New Directors/New Films, while Dottie Gets Spanked (Todd Haynes, 1993), Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998), Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998), Storytelling (Todd Solondz, 2001) and Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999) premiered at the New York Film Festival.

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