Among the new offerings is a delightful gender-switch comedy called "The Happiest Day of His Life" from Ursula Burton that is a long joke -- reversing wedding sex-role traditions of bride and groom from proposal (she kneels) to planning (dad organizes, mom rolls her eyes) to rice toss -- but a well-played and thorough one at that. A favorite: the crudely teasing she-doesn't-deserve-him toast made by one of the "brideswomen."
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In decay, an eerie beauty
Bill Morrison's artful shorts are the focus of two L.A. programs.
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As far as films that were previously honored, this year's Oscar winner for animated short, "The Danish Poet," is a must. And in the program "From Short List to A List," there is the novelty of seeing early USC student work from Robert Zemeckis ("A Field of Honor"), James Foley ("November") and George Lucas, whose penchant for roaring machines that go fast has its roots in his hypnotic racing doc "1:42.08 to Qualify."
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Screenings
REDCAT
* "Bill Morrison's Theater of Decaying Memories": 8 p.m. Monday
Where: Disney Hall, 2nd and Hope streets, downtown L.A.
Info: (213) 237-2800, www.redcat.org
Los Angeles Filmforum
* Bill Morrison program: 7 p.m. March 11
Where: Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Info: www.lafilmforum.org
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'Where Did Our Love Go?'
* "La-bas (Down There)": 8 p.m. next Thursday
* "Wanda": 8 p.m. March 9
* "Viva": 6:30 p.m. March 10
* "Phantom Love": 9:30 p.m. March 10
* "Conjugation": 5 p.m. March 11
* "Trumpetistically, Clora Bryant": 7:30 p.m. March 11
Where: Disney Hall, 2nd and Hope streets, downtown L.A.
Info: (213) 237-2800, www.redcat.org
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Very Short Movies Festival
When: next Thursday to March 11
Where: Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Info: (866) 376-9047, www.veryshortmovies.com
