Ride the waves with the premiere of A Pleasant Surprise at the Piazza

POSTED: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 6:51 PM

Filed Under: Movies screening

Rob Kulisek

Creative director Nick Zegel and cinematographer Kyle Pahlow

While the Jerz isn't known for its killer waves, Philadelphians Nick Zegel and Kyle Pahlow set out to document a group of surfers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania in A Pleasant Surprise. While the hour-long film world premiered in the house that Springsteen built (aka, Asbury Park, N.J.), A Pleasant Surprise get its Philadelphia first showing tomorrow at the Piazza.

Zegel sent out the summary:

A Pleasant Surprise offers an honest look at the talents of a select group of surfers who live in a truly special part of the United States. Almost three years in the making, this film documents a world of contrast as daily changes in weather and waves prove to be all part of a larger picture; thumping beach breaks, cold water, and quick tropical storms are just a fraction of what you will find. Brought to you in Super 16mm, A Pleasant Surprise allows for the full beauty of this region and its surfers to be realized.

I haven't caught it yet but I have a thing for surf movies, like Endless Summer and Riding Giants (not to mention the greatest surf movie of all time: Point Break). From the looks of the trailer, which you can watch below, it has the same Endless Summer vibe and I'm digging the 16 mm, which gives everything that grainy, film stock-y glow (Digital be damned! Long live Super 16!)

A Pleasant Surprise, 8 p.m., free, Piazza at Schmidts, Hancock St. and Germantown Ave., atthepiazza.com.

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