Hot Tub Cinema

Last updated

Hot Tub Cinema is a cinematic experience created in 2012. [1]

Contents

Overview

Created by Asher Charman, [1] the events combine popular films with hot tubs, often in unusual spaces such as rooftops, old factories or abandoned train stations (such as the former Shoreditch Underground Station in Shoreditch, London). [2] In addition to watching a film, cinema-goers have the opportunity to celebrate after the film with a VJ-led party.

In addition to shows in London, Hot Tub Cinema events have been held in New York City, [3] Ibiza, [4] and in several cities around the UK. [5]

Notable screenings

In addition to regular shows, Hot Tub Cinema has also been involved in several film & TV launches, such as a one-off launch screening Spring Breakers which included an appearance from the writer/director Harmony Korine. Held in an abandoned fire station in South London, in addition to the film and afterparty guests could experience recreations of iconic scenes throughout the venue. [6]

They also created an event for a DVD launch of The Walking Dead , which included (real) roast squirrel and a tub full of blood and limbs. [7]

See also

Related Research Articles

Shoreditch Human settlement in England

Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area.

Shoreditch tube station Former London Underground station

Shoreditch was a London Underground station located in Shoreditch in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. Originally opened by the East London Railway in 1876, the station was permanently closed in 2006 being replaced directly to the west of the site by Shoreditch High Street station in 2010.

Spitalfields Human settlement in England

Spitalfields is a district in the East End of London and within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area is formed around Commercial Street and includes the locale around Brick Lane, Christ Church, Toynbee Hall and Commercial Tavern. It has several markets, including Spitalfields Market, the historic Old Spitalfields Market, Brick Lane Market and Petticoat Lane Market. It was part of the ancient parish of Stepney in the county of Middlesex and was split off as a separate parish in 1729. Just outside the City of London, the parish became part of the Metropolitan Board of Works area in 1855 as part of the Whitechapel District. It formed part of the County of London from 1889 and was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney from 1900. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1921.

Harmony Korine American film director and screenwriter

Harmony Korine is an American director, contemporary artist, producer, actor, screenwriter, author, photographer and skateboarder. He is best known for his films which feature his erratic, loose and transgressive aesthetic, exploring taboo themes and incorporating experimental techniques, as well as his various endeavors into art, music, fashion and advertising.

<i>Gummo</i> 1997 film by Harmony Korine

Gummo is a 1997 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine, starring Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, and Chloë Sevigny. The film is set in Xenia, Ohio, a Midwestern American town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The loose narrative follows several main characters who find odd and destructive ways to pass time, interrupted by vignettes depicting other inhabitants of the town.

Cliff Martinez Musician, composer, drummer

Cliff Martinez is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers, The Foreigner, and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.

Pete Tong BBC Radio 1 disc jockey from Dartford, Kent, England

Peter Michael Tong, is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is regarded as the "global ambassador for electronic music."

CPH:DOX is the official name for the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, an international documentary film festival established in 2003 and held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. CPH:DOX has since grown to become one of the largest documentary film festivals in Europe with 114,408 admissions in 2019.

<i>A Crack Up at the Race Riots</i>

A Crack Up at the Race Riots is a novel written by Harmony Korine, writer of such cult films as Kids and Gummo. The book was published in 1998 by Doubleday. A new edition was later published by Drag City.

<i>Mister Lonely</i> 2007 film by Harmony Korine

Mister Lonely is a 2007 comedy film directed by Harmony Korine and co-written with his brother Avi Korine. The film features an ensemble cast of international actors, including Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg and Leos Carax.

Benoît Debie is a Belgian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on features including Irréversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), The Runaways (2010) and Spring Breakers (2012).

Dogme 95 was a filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity". These were rules to create films based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and excluding the use of elaborate special effects or technology. It was supposedly created as an attempt to "take back power for the directors as artists", as opposed to the studio. They were later joined by fellow Danish directors Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, forming the Dogme 95 Collective or the Dogme Brethren. Dogme is the Danish word for dogma.

<i>Spring Breakers</i> 2013 film directed by Harmony Korine

Spring Breakers is a 2013 American crime film written and directed by Harmony Korine and starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine. Gomez, Hudgens, Benson, and Korine portray four college-aged girls on their spring break in Florida where they meet an eccentric local drug dealer (Franco) who helps them in a time of desperation, and their eventual descent into a world of drugs, crime, and violence.

Division Films is a Los Angeles-based film finance and production company established by Wicks Walker in 2012. The company's first film was Spring Breakers starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson. Walker and another producer greenlit the production after Benoît Debie was recruited as cinematographer to work alongside director Harmony Korine and with Selena Gomez added to the cast. Spring Breakers was selected for competition in the 69th Venice Film Festival and released worldwide in 2013.

Rachel Korine American former actress (born 1986)

Rachel Anna Korine is an American former actress. Married to director Harmony Korine, she is best known for starring in the 2012 crime film Spring Breakers and Betsy in ‘’Men Go to Battle’’ (2015), Junia in ’’The Knick’’ (2014-2015).

<i>Manglehorn</i> 2014 film

Manglehorn is a 2014 American drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Paul Logan. The film stars Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, and Chris Messina. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The film was released in theaters on June 19, 2015 by IFC Films.

Chris Hanley is an American film producer best known for producing independent films such as Buffalo '66, The Virgin Suicides, American Psycho, Spun, Spring Breakers, and London Fields.

Sean McLusky

Sean McLusky is a British music promoter, nightclub impresario and film producer.

Fabien Riggall is the inventor and creative director of Future shorts, Future Cinema and Secret Cinema. Also an activist, he is co-founder of March for Europe and has campaigned for freedom of cultural expression and for the rights of migrants. In the summer of 2020, Riggall screened a series of events with proceeds donated to Black Lives Matter. Riggall is the founder of eight companies, although many have a “Dormant” status or don't trade.

<i>The Beach Bum</i> 2019 film directed by Harmony Korine

The Beach Bum is a 2019 American stoner comedy film written and directed by Harmony Korine and starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Jimmy Buffett, with Zac Efron and Martin Lawrence. The plot follows the adventures of stoner poet Moondog (McConaughey) in and around the Florida Keys as he tries to finish his new novel for the respect of his daughter and his share of his wife's estate.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lovely bubbly: take a dip at the Hot Tub Cinema". The Evening Standard. 3 December 2012.
  2. "Hot Tub Cinema goes underground". Time Out Blog. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. "Hot Tub Cinema series makes a splash in Brooklyn". New York Post. 9 May 2014.
  4. "NEWS - Hot Tub Cinema Party at Ibiza Rocks". Ibiza Spotlight.
  5. "Prepare for the sequel: Hot tub cinema is coming back to Bristol". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Spring Breakers - Hot Tub Cinema preview with director Harmony Korine. YouTube .
  7. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.582125798510345.1073741826.161577853898477&type=3 [ user-generated source ]