We’ve listed quite a few 9/11-related events on our weekly calendar, but wanted to highlight one that will bring two important artistic voices to the neighborhood on Sunday evening to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
Spike Lee shot the movie 25th Hour, which dealt with one New Yorker’s attempt to make amends before he goes to prison, just months after the attacks, and the smoldering city was a major part of the movie. He was the first director to make a film on location in New York after September 11.
Lee and actor Edward Norton, the star of the movie, will host a special free screening at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. The film starts at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, and you can get tickets by lining up an hour in advance at the box office (although as word spreads people might start getting in line much earlier). Norton and Lee will be there and I imagine they’ll stick around to talk.
If you haven’t seen the movie, or you want to commemorate the day in a dark room with other New Yorkers, it’s definitely worth checking out.
The Film Center of Lincoln Center will also screen 9/11, a documentary about the attacks, on Saturday at noon. The film center will give out free tickets an hour beforehand.
Photo by Wexner Center via flickr.
