Filed under: Uncategorized — Administrator @ 7:44 am
Dear Friends,
I’m very excited to announce the Twin Falls, Idaho premiere of THE FALL OF ‘55. The film will show as part of the very first Magic Valley Pride, sponsored by the Southern Idaho GLBT Community Center.
This will be a free screening opening to members of the community, so please be sure to come early to ensure you get a seat. Here are the details:
THE FALL OF ‘55 Magic Valley Premiere
Thursday, June 25th
7 p.m.
College of Southern Idaho Aspen Building
FREE!
I’ll be at the showing of the film for a Q&A session afterward. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Click HERE to learn about some of the other events happening during the first Twin Falls Pride, including a candlelight vigil and barbecue.
Filed under: Uncategorized — Administrator @ 7:23 am
Dear Friends,
I wanted to note the passing of a true friend to our film. Steven Bach attended Boise High School in the 1950s, then later went on to become the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Production for United Artists. He was a respected author and a film professor at Columbia University and Vermont’s Bennington College.
Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Steven, when he returned to Boise for the first time in five decades. As a young gay man in Boise at the time of the morals drive, he had a unique perspective on the cases and some of the people involved. That, and his experience in the film industry, enabled him to provide a very insightful and generous critique of our film.
Steven worked at UA during one of the company’s most trying times — he helped oversee the film Heaven’s Gate, a flop so grand in scale it led to the sale of United Artists to MGM. He later wrote an acclaimed book about the ordeal called Final Cut, and he was kind enough to give me a copy. He also wrote acclaimed biographies of Marlene Dietrich, Moss Hart, and Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
When the sex scandal involving Senator Larry Craig broke, Steven mentioned THE FALL OF ‘55 to an editor friend of his at The New York Times. That prompted the paper to invite historian Alan Virta and me to write a column for the Sunday Times comparing the Craig scandal to the 1955 morals drive.
Steven Bach died on March 25th, 2009 at the age of 70. He’s survived by his partner Werner Röhr, and is missed by many, including me. I’m so grateful to have known him and have benefitted from his experience, and insights. Thank you, Steven.
Below you’ll find several insightful interviews with him.