38 S U M M E R 2 0 1 8 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y
Being There
THE CAS SUMMER SCREENING SERIES:
by Karol Urban CAS MPSE
On Saturday, June 2, the Cinema Audio Society held
its very first film screening in our Summer Screening
Series. We featured the 1979 classic Being There.
The celebrated film won an Oscar and a BAFTA in 1980, as
well as numerous other awards. The comic societal commentary
was directed by Hal Ashby. The story centers on a sheltered
innocent gardener who, through a series of random events,
unconsciously stumbles into becoming a national political
and business advisor, as well as winning the heart and love of
a beautiful woman and the social elite. It was attended by a
full audience at the RealD Theater in Beverly Hills. The CAS
hosted a reception prior to the event and, after the screening,
a Q&A with picture editor Don Zimmerman and production
sound mixer Jeff Wexler CAS took place, moderated by David
Bondelevitch CAS MPSE.
View the Q&A here:
http://cinemaaudiosociety.org/cas-screening-series-being-there/
As this Quarterly went to press, the second in the series took place;
a previously unseen and heard 4K Dolby Atmos version of the
1999 multiple Academy Award-winning film The Matrix. This
screening took place at the Television Academy's Saban Theatre
in North Hollywood on July 14.
Invitations for future screenings will be emailed and updates to
the series will be posted here:
http://cinemaaudiosociety.org/category/2018-screening-series/
David Bondelevitch CAS MPSE, moderator,
Jeff Wexler CAS, production sound mixer,
and Don Zimmerman, picture editor, discuss
the film.
