Kirsten Anderson emailed Seattlest to remind us that Tales of the Rat Fink, the new film about hot rod legend Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, opened tonight at the Grand Illusion. From their website:

From the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential and Grass comes Tales Of The Rat Fink, Ron Mann’s wildly inventive biopic about influential Renaissance man Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture with his customized cars, “monster” T-shirts and America’s alternative rodent – “Rat Fink.” Ed Roth helped fuel the “Kustom Kulture” / Hot Rod movement of the 1960s in Southern California and Hot Rodding grew from crude backyard engineering where performance was the bottom line into a refined artform where aesthetics were equally important. Mann’s largely animated documentary features the voice talents of John Goodman, Ann-Margret, Brian Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Matt Groening, Robert Williams, Stone Cold Steve Austin and the ever lovable Smothers Brothers.

Says Kirsten, "I dont know how many rodders read Seattlest- but anyone into the fun and the weird would enjoy this." It runs tonight through Wednesday, so get there soon if you're going to go. (We're gonna do our best.)

Speaking of fun, weird, and Kirsten Anderson, Tiki Art Now! is the current show at Roq La Rue, while gallery-next-door BLVD is hosting !Come Me! a solo David Choe show. You may have missed the openings, but the art's still there--for now.