Three hours of falling, folding and second-guessing. Bring something to share, put your name on a line, and nobody explains the ending to anybody until the credits.
Date
Sunday, August 16th
Doors
5:00 PM
Film starts
6:00 PM
Runtime
148 min (2010)
Host
McGinnis's
Dress code
Sharp suits encouraged
Watching on
McGinnis Theater
Head count
12
◈ Food
Out at doors · one course per level
Croque monsieur bites — ParisRyan
Mombasa spiced chicken skewersOpen
Hotel room-service slidersOpen
Baguette, brie, fig jamOpen
Miso soup shots — the Tokyo openOpen
Meat pies for the long flightOpen
◈ Snacks
Bowls on the table · quiet chewing only
Popcorn, three layers deep — butter, parmesan, caramelRyan
Salted marcona almondsOpen
Chips + French onion dipOpen
Warm pretzel bites, grain mustardOpen
Wasabi peasOpen
◈ Candy
Small enough to eat without looking away
Chocolate truffles — spin one, check itRyan
Junior MintsOpen
RaisinetsOpen
Milk DudsOpen
Dark chocolate espresso beansOpen
Sea salt caramelsOpen
◈ Drinks
All zero-proof · caffeine is the point
"The Kick" — espresso tonic (recipe →)Ryan
French press, poured strong and lateOpen
Café au lait, Paris styleOpen
Sparkling lemonade over iceOpen
Ginger beer + limeOpen
Sparkling cider in flutesOpen
Ice, limes, lemon twistsOpen
◈ Run of show
Times are a suggestion, not a contract
Doors — food and drinks out5:00
Everyone seated, phones down, first frame6:00
Credits, scorecards, vote on next month8:30
◈ Scorecard
Rate it out of 10 · one line, no essays
Ryan
Add a name
Add a name
◈ The Kick
House drink · makes one · zero-proof
Fill a tall glass with ice
4 oz chilled tonic water
1 shot espresso, poured slowly over the back of a spoon so it layers
Wide strip of orange peel, twisted over the top
Drink it before the layers settle
"Dreams feel real while we're in them."
After eight: same drink, decaf. You are going to want to sleep tonight, and this film has opinions about that.
◈ House rules
Non-negotiable, mostly
Phones face down from the first frame to the credits
No explaining the plot to whoever is lost — that is what the credits are for
Questions get written down and asked after
Whoever brought the least food keeps the ice topped up
The host picks the seat; everyone else picks a chair
◈ Dream bingo
First to five takes the last truffle
Someone checks a totem
The score drops an octave and the room shakes
Somebody in our room whispers "wait, what?"
A rule of physics is quietly ignored
Cobb gets good advice and does the other thing
Someone says "dream" twice in one sentence
◈ Trivia
After the credits · answers on the right
Who composed the score?1Hans Zimmer
How was the rotating hallway filmed?2A real rotating set, barely any CGI
Which Edith Piaf song threads through the film?1"Non, je ne regrette rien"