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Event name

Movie Group celebrating Day of the Dead - Coco

When

Wed 11 / 04 / 2020
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Where

zoom

Who can attend

Open to all

Limited capacity: Registration Closed

Price

See event description

Organizer

Joseph Silverman
 
Join Village Movie Group hosts, Paul Mowry and Joe Silverman for a lively discussion of this month's selection, a film that celebrates
Dia de Los Muertos -
 
SPECIAL TREAT:  Inside scoop from Mike Capbarat, COCO Story Editor and dear friend of Paul and Joey's who will be joining us!!
 
Coco
 

 
Livestream on Disney+ or $2.99 on Amazon Prime
ALSO: Sign up to watch at 2pm on November 4 prior to the discussion by RSVPing to [email protected]
 
RSVP for Village Movie Group discussion by clicking on the registration link above

 

Here’s a story blurb –

"Coco" is the sprightly story of a young boy who wants to be a musician and somehow finds himself communing with talking skeletons in the land of the dead. Directed by Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3") and veteran Pixar animator Adrian Molina, and drawing heavily on Mexican folklore and traditional designs, it has catchy music, a complex but comprehensible plot, and bits of domestic comedy and media satire. Most of the time the movie is a knockabout slapstick comedy with a "Back to the Future" feeling, staging grand action sequences and feeding audiences new plot information every few minutes, but of course, being a Pixar film, "Coco" is also building toward emotionally overwhelming moments, so stealthily that you may be surprised to find yourself wiping away a tear even though the studio has been using the sneak-attack playbook for decades.

And there is a good New Yorker Article on it ..

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/coco-a-story-about-borders-and-love-is-a-definitive-movie-for-this-moment