bamcinemaFest: The Comedy

Part of BAMcinemaFest

Wed, Jun 27 at 9pm
Rain Date: Sun, Jul 1 at 9pm

Q&A with Rick Alverson and Tim Heidecker

Doors open at 8pm / Live music at 8:30pm / Screening at 9pm

NY PREMIERE

Director: Rick Alverson
Producer: Mike S. Ryan, Brent Kunkle, Larry Fessenden
Cinematographer: Mark Schwartzbard
Editor: Michael Taylor, Rick Alverson
With Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alexia Rasumussen, Gregg Turkington, James Murphy

(2012) 96min

Presented in partnership with Rooftop Films, this encore outdoor screening of The Comedyincludes live music and an after-party with free beer.

Alverson’s fearlessly provocative, acerbic, pitch-black portrait of a privileged Brooklynite—played by a razor-sharp Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) in his first dramatic role—has drawn comparisons to La Dolce Vita and Lars von Trier’s The Idiots. A darkly affecting satire of our current anesthetized generation, The Comedy also stars Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric), James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, and Kate Lyn Sheil (Green).

In Parking Lot at Lafayette Ave and Ashland Pl