Flicks on Fairbanks
Kelly McNoldy
Issue date: 2/10/06 Section: News
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It is called Flicks on Fairbanks and was created by Constantin Preda two years ago this March. "I created Flicks on Fairbanks because I wanted to create a venue for local, independent filmmakers and for students of film and video that did…not have a difficult submission process and that has more of a direct line between film makers and the audience," said Preda.
On top of wanting a place for independent filmmakers to show their work, Preda also wanted Flicks to resemble something close to French coffee house cinema. "I want it to be in the old traditional French sense of coffee house cinema, which is the whole goal here," said Preda. "As you can see, we're in a coffee house, it's a really small screen, it's very modest, and that was really the whole point, for it to be intimate, relaxed, laid back, and unpretentious."
Also in the sense of French coffee house cinema, Preda does not censor anything shown during the Flicks. "There is absolutely zero censorship when it comes to showing movies here at Flicks on Fairbanks," said Preda.
"I don't believe in any censorship because I believe that individual should be allowed to make up their own minds when it comes to the material that they consider.
"Normally at Flicks on Fairbanks, if it may be inappropriate for somebody under the age of 18, a comment is made to the audience so that if there are any children in the audience the parent can make the decision so that he or she can take their child out.
"But for anyone who is an adult, that being the legal age of 18 or older, no, I do not believe in any censorship at any level whatsoever. I believe that people should be able to decide for themselves.
"They're warned about the material. They should be allowed to decide if they want to see it after they are forewarned about the material."