Tobe Hooper's 'Eggshells'

At SXSW 2009, Austin director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), pictured at right, attended a special screening of his first feature film, the 1969 movie Eggshells. He pointed out that it had not been shown in theaters since the late 1960s.

On Sunday night, the movie gets another rare theatrical showing, this time at Alamo Ritz. Watchmaker Films, which is restoring the film for a future DVD release, has partnered with Alamo Drafthouse to show the film. It's a very odd, surreal movie that offers a few glimpses of Austin in the late 1960s, mostly around the University of Texas campus. In addition, Alamo promises some unnamed "special guests" at the screening.

For more information, check out my article for Cinematical from SXSW 2009 about the fest's Eggshells screening. (I skipped The Hurt Locker to see it. I still don't regret this.)