All attendees will need to sign a basic Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) at the security entrance
No food or drink will be allowed in the theater.
Description:
Paul McCartney, sitting in a plane waiting to return to his native England, saw the smoke rising from the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. The son of a volunteer firefighter during the German Blitz of World War II, McCartney was moved to assemble an all-star concert in honor of New York City’s surviving first responders and the families of those who perished at the World Trade Center.
The forthcoming behind-the-scenes DVD The Love We Make, chronicles the rehearsals, interviews and day-to-day events leading up to an event eventually dubbed the Concert For New York City, a gala event at Madison Square Garden featuring the Who, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Elton John, the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
The film makes clear, from the first, just how deeply touched McCartney was — and on a very personal level — by the devastating terror attacks.
“I started thinking what can I do,” he says, “because there’s going to be a spirit shift in New York and America. This is suddenly a place where people are going to feel vulnerable, for first time in a long time. Being born at end of World War II, I was only a baby then, but I grew up in the shadow of that. All my parents and the grown ups talked about was this idea of being in a war. You saw how they dealt with this. It was with humor; it was with music. That’s how they dealt with it.”
Directed by Albert Maysles ("Gimme Shelter") and Bradley Kaplan.
Running Time 90 minutes
Also Showing:
A short reel of clips from recent DreamWorks projects, including some in-house 3D tests, will be shown before our film.
Gene Takahashi from DreamWorks will be on hand to give a brief talk about the demo reel and theater.
About the presenter:
Gene Takahashi was born and lived in Tokyo, Japan before moving to the Bay Area as a young child. He earned his BA & MA in Music from Cal State East Bay as well as an electronic degree from Chabot College. He also holds a recording arts degree from Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in Florida.
Over the last 20 years has held technical positions at Larrabee Sound Studios, Warner Bros, Pixar and Dreamworks Animation studios. He currently manages the audio-video team at DreamWork’s Redwood City Studio and is responsible for design, integration, maintenance and support of audio video equipment used throughout the studio.
From San Francisco:
101 South, 25 miles
Take CA-84 W/Woodside Rd exit, EXIT 408, toward Seaport Blvd.
Keep left to take the ramp toward Seaport Boulevard.
Merge onto Woodside Rd.
Woodside Rd becomes Seaport Blvd.
1.4 miles, Turn right to stay on Seaport Blvd.
From East Bay:
From I-880, take Marsh Rd/CA-84. (Dumbarton Bridge)
Merge onto US-101 N/CA-84 W toward San Francisco.
Take the CA-84 W/Woodside Rd exit, EXIT 408, toward Seaport Blvd.
Keep right to take the ramp toward Seaport Blvd.
Merge onto Woodside Rd.
Woodside Rd becomes Seaport Blvd.
Turn right to stay on Seaport Blvd.
Parking:
There is plenty of parking in front and around the building.
