event
Big Fan
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Fri Oct 2
7:20 pm,
9:40 pm
Big Fan at Music Box Theatre
Robert Siegel’s script for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler was essentially The Passion Of The Christ in spandex. Now, Siegel’s directorial debut, Big Fan, follows the world’s biggest Giants fan—played by Patton Oswalt—as he has an unpleasant encounter with his favorite player, and subsequently contemplates a conversion. (The character’s name, appropriately enough, is “Paul.”) Oswalt also wrestles with a potential sacrifice, suffers physical pain for the sake of his team, and even briefly changes his name. Big Fan is clearly a movie of ambition, and not just a melancholy comedy about a football-loving schmuck who gets his ass kicked by everyone he loves. Siegel, the former editor of The Onion, will be on hand to answer fan questions at both tonight's screenings, with Oswalt joining for the later one.
Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL
Robert Siegel’s script for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler was essentially The Passion Of The Christ in spandex. Now, Siegel’s directorial debut, Big Fan, follows the world’s biggest Giants fan—played by Patton Oswalt—as he has an unpleasant encounter with his favorite player, and subsequently contemplates a conversion. (The character’s name, appropriately enough, is “Paul.”) Oswalt also wrestles with a potential sacrifice, suffers physical pain for the sake of his team, and even briefly changes his name. Big Fan is clearly a movie of ambition, and not just a melancholy comedy about a football-loving schmuck who gets his ass kicked by everyone he loves. Siegel, the former editor of The Onion, will be on hand to answer fan questions at both tonight's screenings, with Oswalt joining for the later one.
Updated 12/11/2009
