Swinging Sixties: Double Feature

What better way to celebrate the exhibition Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary than two iconic, groovy, cinematic classics that will transport you back to the swinging sixties!

Alongside a fully stocked bar, you can catch A Hard Day’s Night – a 1964 rock-and-roll romp following "a day in the life" of The Beatles as fame takes them by storm – and mystery thriller Blow-Up, by critically acclaimed director Michelangelo Antonioni, wherein a bored mod-photographer discovers he’s unknowingly captured a crime scene on film.

Illustrating the British Invasion, the sexual revolution, youthquake and mod culture, showcasing a myriad of miniskirts and supermodels, and with cutting-edge sixties soundtracks, these films epitomise Swinging London like no other.

Swinging Sixties: Double Feature will be located at The Hollywood in Avondale, New Zealand’s longest-running cinema palace.

FILMS
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
This musical comedy, directed by Richard Lester, stars John, Paul, George and Ringo as they travel to London and attempt to record a performance on live television while evading teenage fans.
Rated PG | Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbiVqlSMgc

Blow-Up (1966)
The first English language feature by Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow-Up is a psychological mystery starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Rated M | Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRENEOHlcbw

TIMELINE
3.15pm Doors and bar open
4.00pm A Hard Day's Night
5.40pm Intermission
6.30pm Blow-Up
8.30pm Event end

TICKETING
You can purchase tickets to a single screening, or to both films as a double feature.

This event will proceed at Red with:
- Distancing
- Facemasks mandatory
- Scan in using the COVID app
- Vaccination passports mandatory

If you are unable to attend this event because you are in self-isolation (because you have tested positive for Covid-19 or you have been identified as a close contact) you are entitled to a full refund.

This is a Members event. Members receive free unlimited entry to Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary and discounts on events like this one. Not a Member? Join us from $55 per year.
https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/join-membership

Image credit: A Hard Day’s Night (1964) release poster | Still from A Hard Day’s Night (1964) | Blow-Up (1966) poster | Still from Blow-Up (1966).