Into the Night with Chris Crawford & Jason Rohrer
Tuesday, Sept 15th
10:15pm
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz (320 E 6th St)
$8.50 admission (tickets)
Ages 18 and up
TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball
Thursday, Sept
17th
10:20pm
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz (320 E 6th St)
$8.50 admission (tickets)
Ages 18 and up
About the Screenings
Into The Night is a documentary originally shot for a European TV series featuring meetings between notable creators. The film follows an extended conversation between the indie game designer Jason Rohrer and veteran game designer Chris Crawford. Filmed over the course of a day during GDC 2009, Crawford and Rohrer play and discuss various indie titles at the conference, show their games to one another, and talk about the past and future of video games. Their in-depth and wide ranging discussion has been recognized as one of the most challenging and enlightening explorations of game design ever put to film. This will be its premiere screening in a U.S. theater.
TILT is a documentary that tells the story behind one of entertainment's most mysterious failures. It follows the designers at Williams Electronic Games in 1998, in their quest to save the world's largest pinball manufacturer. In the process, they succeed in creating a brand new kind of machine that combines video game and pinball technology. But soon after its successful and highly-profitable launch, Williams pulls the plug, leaving behind unanswered questions and abandoning one of the world's great design organizations. Not just for pinball fanatics, TILT tells an account that any follower of technology, design, or business will find fascinating.
The screenings will also feature a selection of short videos, curated by AMODA and thematically linked to video games, by the following artists:
The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to engage the public and artists in the creation, understanding, and appreciation of digital art. The Screening Series provides an in depth look at digital art and culture through the tradition of film, video, and the moving image.
