The Unforeseen DVD Release Party, Tonight, Springs-Side

The Unforeseen DVD Release Party
Thursday, October 2
Barton Springs (2201 Barton Springs Road)
$3 (cash at the door)
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Laura Dunn's award-winning documentary The Unforeseen is about real estate, wild nature, Austin living, and the American Dream. The film follows developer Gary Bradley's plan to make Hill Country subdivisions outta nothin', which was first thwarted by environmentalist concern for the swimming hole we all know and love, then finally abetted by the non-Springs-caring zeitgeist during the reign of George W.

The Unforeseen will be coming out on DVD soon, and the Rolling Roadshow is putting on a screening at the Springs tonight in its honor. After the show's over, an added bonus: projection art by Luke Savisky. Bring your swimtrunks.

Check out our interview with Laura Dunn from last year's SXSW.

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By rebeccaonion in Arts & Entertainment on October 2, 2008 1:35 PM 0 Comments

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LoudMouth

There is only one way that Sarah Pallin could could possibly destroy Biden and that's if the string in her back reaches far enough behind the stage and McCain, by some gift from God, has the old-man strength to pull it and make her say, "BULLDOG IN LIPSTICK! LUXURY JET! MY IGLOO RUNS ENTIRELY ON THE HEARTS OF SUICIDAL POLAR BEARS AND UNWED TEENAGE MOTHERS!"

seth

While this is a must-watch film, I am suspicious of the scheduling of this screening. Clearly it's a scheme by Austin's liberal democrats to distract people from tonight's vice presidential debates. Perhaps someone doesn't want Austin's liberal hippies to see Sarah Pallin destroy Joe Biden?

Seth

triman

The DVD is already out if your pre-ordered through the twobirds film website.

I watched it again last night, it really is an eye-opening film for anyone who wasn't around back in the day. If you order from the twobirds website Store http://store.twobirdsfilm.com/ they also include a DVD of Laura Dunns earlier work on the 100 miles between Baton Rouge and New Orleans where there are over 150 petrochemical plants.

See also:

http://austin.metblogs.com/2008/09/30/more-unforseen/

http://austin.metblogs.com/2008/07/07/unforseen-the-dvd/

http://austin.metblogs.com/2008/04/28/the-unforeseen-seen/