Flaming Lips' Christmas in Mars playing in NYC theaters
brooklynvegan —
... It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips' Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips' Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts. [Cinema Purgatorio] ...
Flaming Lips Ready Bubble Baby Jesus For The Mars Nativity Scene [Christmas On Mars]
io9 —
... to see this, plus a gallery of stills and the trailer. Christmas on Mars features original music by the Flaming Lips, and all the members of the band will be acting with with SNL's Fred Armisen along with Adam Goldberg. There will be a screening of Christmas in Mars at New York City's KGB Complex's Kraine Theater on September 12 at 7 AM and on September 30 at 11 PM. If you miss those, you'll have to wait for the DVD release on October 8. [Cinemapurgatorio]
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The Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars Trailer
Film Junk —
... in May and now they are screening it in a few theatres around the U.S. before it is released on DVD this October. See if it’s playing near you by staying up to date with the screening schedule over at Cinema Purgatorio . Check out the latest trailer embedded below.
Flaming Lips' Christmas Gets Special NYC Screenings
Pitchfork Media - Today —
... ), the Lips have announced plans to screen their opus at Manhattan's KGB Complex in typically extraordinary fashion. Not only have screening organizers Cinema Purgatorio prepared a special room for the showings-- complete with a "Zeta Bootis Mega Supersonic Super-Sound Surround System" of the Lips' own making-- but they've also scheduled several of these showings for hours of the day normally reserved for a groggy-eyed viewing of a bowl of corn flakes. ...

