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...Boston, however, there remains an alternative to both first-run and repertory theaters: the Rear Window, an independently run and programmed series, that specializes in showing "obscure films in obscure locations." With its unique programming and format, the Rear Window offers a refreshing escape from the stiffbacked chairs and long-lines of first-run and repertory houses...
...Rear Window is the brainchild of David Kleiler, who runs the organization out of his home in Brookline. Kleiler began the Rear Window a little over six years ago, after 12 years of teaching film at Babson College. Feeling disconnected from the world of cinema after quitting Babson, Kleiler began the organization as a showcase for locally produced films, particularly shorts, which were going unappreciated in the Boston community. Kleiler had previously shown films in his living room, and liked the casual environment and discussion such a format provided...
Today, the Rear Window continues to maintain this casual tradition. Kleiler shows his films in locations as diverse as Chet's Last Call, the Brookline Arts Center, and the Boston Food Coop. At a screening I attended last year, a series of Nick Zedd shorts were shown on a portable screen in the now defunct Studio 54 on Queensbury Street in the Fenway. The audience lounged on the floor, passing around beer from a Bud suitcase to friends and strangers alike, while Lydia Lunch spouted profanities overhead...
Kleiler still programs the Rear Window himself, maintaining his commitment to local film, but also branching out to include obscure and cult features ranging from Russ Meyer films to little seen works of major directors like Sam Peckinpah. To keep in touch with the demands of his audience, Kleiler uses suggestion boxes. Still, he consciously steers clear of the films offerred in ordinary repertory series. "I've tried to ensure that the Rear Window, as primitive as it is, have different conditions than the usual moviehouse. We try to maintain a certain funkiness...
...again last week as the House, overwhelmingly, and then the Senate, after a stop-and-go drama, overrode Ronald Reagan's veto of the $88 billion highway bill. For a President determined to put the political damage from Iranscam in the rear-view mirror, the final 67-33 defeat in the Senate was an unwelcome reminder of his weakened political condition. But after months of lassitude Reagan put the full force of the presidency into his search for that elusive final vote. In fact, as jarring as the defeat was, it could end up strengthening the President: the personal energy...