Sat, Sep 27
|Clarion Performing Arts Center
Signal 7 (1984) by Rob Nilsson, Film Screening + Q&A
A historical film: the first small-format video to be blown up to 35mm for theatrical distribution around the world. World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, restored by Pacific Film Archive, 2015.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
About the Event
The first Direct Action Feature Film (shot in 3 days): One night in the life of aging cab drivers Marty and Speed, who have not lost the dream of making it as actors. In the driver's room, they tell truths and lies about exploits out on the streets, and plan to move to LA, where the action is. Then comes the Signal 7, a call signifying a driver in trouble. A friend and fellow driver is robbed and murdered. Dreams and lies don't mean much in the face of the truth.
I follow visions into searches. My field is the joys and sorrows of everyday people. I get a hunch and follow it into the dark. Hopefully cinema allows me to see further, and feel more deeply. Then I get to work.
-Rob Nilsson, director
"Signal 7 is an unusual, touching, intelligent film...whose haunting theme will linger long after many…