Yes! Join us to see Golden Age Hollywood’s Lauren Bacall star as Broadway diva Sally Ross, terrorized by an obsessive fan, when the Lobotomy Room cinema club presents 1981 slasher shocker The Fan! Thursday 19 September at Fontaine’s! As Sally herself puts it, “There’s some fruitcake out there who apparently wants to kill me!” Rest assured Bacall is simply majestic. Sally is a grand dame, a monstre sacrée, a force of nature. “I’m a spoiled bitch!” Sally exclaims in a moment of self-awareness. (“One of the greatest!” her long-suffering personal assistant Belle replies). Men leap to light her cigarettes. “Get the hell out of here!” she’s apt to roar. (Bacall's growling acidic line delivery recalls another bronchial baritone babe: Bea Arthur). Sally laughs, she cries, she shouts, she wears big smoked brown sunglasses. She drinks the shit out of her drinks and smokes the shit out of her smokes. Sally also consumes one helluva lot of coffee, which can’t help but evoke the ultra-kitsch High Point instant coffee advertisements Bacall was doing on TV around the same time. So won’t you join us to watch The Fan over cocktails! Numbers are limited, so reserve your seat via Fontaine’s website. Alternatively, phone 07718000546 or email [email protected].
