SECS Fest: Take Off

This ticket entitles entry to Take Off at the Seattle Erotica Cinema Society's ninth erotic film festival, SECS Fest. The festival will be held November 7-9, 2025 and will showcase 35 short films and 4 feature films from around the globe, including two newly restored archival films. All festival screenings will be presented in-person at the Beacon Cinema.

TAKE OFF (new 4K restoration)

Armand Weston (United States, 1978) – 103 min.

At a lavish party thrown by an unknown host, Linda (Leslie Bovee) happens upon a screening room where she views an old stag film from the 1920s depicting a very old man seducing a middle-aged woman (Georgina Spelvin). Later, beside the pool, Linda meets the party's mysterious host, Darrin Blue (Wade Nichols), who invites her on a drive through the country to hear his incredible life story. Through a series of flashbacks set in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s—each one emulating the cinema and culture of their era—Darrin reveals the secret of how he has managed to stay eternally young throughout the decades. An X-rated "take off" on Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, Armand Weston's acclaimed Take Off is a hilarious pop-culture pastiche, featuring a score by Elephant’s Memory and a guest appearance by Andy Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn.

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