So last night I went down to the Clark County Library for a free screening of A History of Violence. I’ve been wanting to see the film for a while, but that wasn’t the main reason for attending. I went for the novelty of a public library hosting an R-rated, ultra violent David Cronenberg flick. You see, in Greensboro, the public libraries probably set a PG-ratings cap on all films sanctioned with screenings.

But here, the library seems to make an active effort, at least some of the time, to cater to adults. Which is nice.

If the screening had taken place in Austin – my other point of reference – the auditorium would have brimmed with film nerds. There were a couple in the hall last night, but homeless folks seeking a couple of hours of shelter and distraction dominated the audience. In acknowledgment of their presence, the people running the film series warned audience members that they risked ejection if they fell asleep.

Anyway, it was a good movie and a good audience that got a little animated at the climax, when Viggo Mortensen gets all reluctantly bad-assy on some villains.

There will be more opportunities to see disturbing films – for free – in the company of Las Vegas’s lumpenproletariat. Next up, Trona, about an underwear-clad man stranded in an abandoned Mojave Desert town.