NIGHTFALL / AND HOPE TO DIE | American Cinematheque

Egyptian Theatre

6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Fri, Apr 4, 2014
7:30pm

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NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD, 16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR

David Goodis Double Feature!

NIGHTFALL / AND HOPE TO DIE

Presented by the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation

Philippe Garnier will sign copies of his book Goodis: A Life in Black and White at 6:30PM in the lobby.

Introduction by Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation.

NIGHTFALL

1957, Sony Repertory, 79 min, USA, Dir: Jacques Tourneur

One of the last true noirs of the classic era, this often-overlooked gem, based on a novel by noir legend David Goodis, features terrific direction from Tourneur and stunning cinematography by Burnett Guffey. Aldo Ray plays an artist whose life goes permanently haywire when fate interrupts a winter hunting trip. From then on it’s life on the run, dozens of double-crosses, psychotic killers on his trail, lots of de rigeur flashbacks, and a young Anne Bancroft decked out in sequins and lace.

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AND HOPE TO DIE

LA COURSE DU LIÈVRE À TRAVERS LES CHAMPS

1972, CCFC, 99 min, France, Dir: René Clement

This adaptation of David Goodis’ novel Black Friday concerns a crook on the lam (Jean Louis Trintignant) who crosses paths with a Montreal gang plotting a big score - led by noir stalwarts Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray. “Froggy” (as Ryan dubs our hero) decides to join in the heist and, of course, ends up neck-deep in danger. An odd and invigorating French-Canadian-American production, this is a rarely screened homage to noir on both the page and screen, sparked by a devilish script from author Sébastien Japrisot (The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun). English dubbed version.

Screening format: 35mm

Egyptian Theatre • Fri, Apr 4, 2014 • 7:30pm

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