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  "textContent": "\"They're pushing us east, man. From A to B to C to the East River.\" Film Forum is re-releasing this iconic 80s indie film in theaters again starting this month. No Picnic is the 1987 film from Philip Hartman – a love letter to pre-gentrification East Village in NYC. This brand new 4K restoration will play again in NYC soon. Macabee Cohen, whose heyday as a rock musician is long gone, travels the city in a beat-up VW bus, supplying records to local juke boxes. His beloved Lower East Side neighborhood is in turmoil: rampant real estate speculation, tenants on rent strike, art invading the bars - \"in my own neighborhood, I felt like I was in the middle of a party that I hadn't been invited to,\" he says. Mac's personal life is in turmoil, too.Then a mysterious girl appears in his life, and Mac's obsession to find her becomes a quest of self-discovery, too - \"I was looking for someone to save,\" he says, \"to save myself.\" So off he goes to find her... This features David Brisbin, Myoshin, Anne D'Agnillo, & Luis Guzmán, with appearances by Steve Buscemi, Richard Hell, and other fixtures of the Downtown music & art scenes (Rafik, Bleecker Bob). This looks like a unique, vibrant (even in B&W) time capsule capturing a realm […]",
  "title": "1980s East Village Underground Film 'No Picnic' 4K Restoration Trailer"
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