Comic Gems
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
Wednesday, June 7th at 7:00 PM
Introduction by Glenn Andreiev
With Q&A and
book-signing with Steve Matteo, Author of Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film
Pursued by their zealous fans, the Beatles - Paul, John, George, and Ringo -
board a London-bound train to do a television program. They are accompanied by
their manager, his assistant, and Paul's cantankerous grandfather. What follows
next is a series of misadventures that end with the gang rescuing Ringo from
jail and a wild chase to return to the studio just in time for their next
performance! Packed with hilarious cinematic gags, A Hard Day’s Night is one of the most influential of all musical
films. (UK, 1964, 92min., English, G |
Dir. Richard Lester)
Steve Matteo is the author of Act Naturally: The
Beatles On Film (Backbeat/Globe Pequot/Rowman and Littlefield), Let It Be (33
1/3/Bloomsbury) and Dylan (Sterling). He recently contributed to The Beatles in
Context, which was published by Cambridge University Press, is Contributing
Editor with The Vinyl District and has written for such publications as The New
York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York magazine, Time Out New York,
Rolling Stone, Spin, Rock's Back Pages, Relix, Goldmine, Interview, Elle,
Citizen Truth, Literary Hub and Salon. He has worked for Pete Townshend of the
Who in various capacities for Left Field Services, Towser Tunes and Trinifold.
His radio career includes working at WLIR-FM, WNYT and FM Odyssey and he often
appears on radio, including on the Sirius XM Volume Channel, Q104, Joe
Johnson's Beatle Brunch, Talk More Talk: A Solo Beatles Videocast, 21st Century
Radio, WAAM, WFUV, WUSB, WPPB and WHPC and television in his capacity as a music
journalist and an author. For nearly twenty years he worked in book publishing
and public relations as a Publicity Manager for Barron's and Publicity Director
for Finn Partners. He has lectured on Bob Dylan at the New School for Social
Research in New York and journalism at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
He holds a B.F.A. in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of
Technology.
