'Noir City: Hollywood' Film Festival

2:00 PM -- UNDER THE GUN / NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL

ABOUT THE EVENT:

2:00pm | Introduction

2:10pm | UNDER THE GUN

3:33pm | Intermission

3:43pm | NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL

Start times are approximate.

ABOUT THE FILMS: 

UNDER THE GUN, Dir. Ted Tetzlaff, 83 Min, Universal, USA

Originally released January 26, 1951

Sleek gangster Richard Conte gets pinched and is sentenced to hard time in a nightmarish Florida prison farm—where inmates are “under the gun” of sadistic guard Royal Dano, whose trustees earn their paroles by killing any cons who try to escape. Will Conte serve out his time obediently, as recommended by sage older con Sam Jaffe? Doubtful. Also starring film noir favorite Audrey Totter — with dark hair! Also featuring John McIntire and Sheppard Strudwick. This noir precursor to COOL HAND LUKE is not currently available on Blu-ray or DVD!

FORMAT: 35mm

NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL, Dir. Russell Rouse, 88 Min, Kit Parker Films, USA

Originally released February 18, 1955

Crime syndicate boss Nick Lupo (Broderick Crawford) wheels and deals while mentoring an ominous torpedo (Richard Conte), coping with a gold-digging mistress (Marilyn Maxwell), and managing a rebellious daughter (Anne Bancroft). Written, produced, and directed by the team of Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse (D.O.A, IMPACT, THE WELL, WICKED WOMAN) this dramatic “syndicate noir” was inspired by both the 1950s Kefauver organized crime hearings and the notorious Apalachin conference of underworld kingpins. With J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens, Barry Kelley and Mike Mazurki.

FORMAT: 35mm

Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive

Tickets: $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

7:30 PM -- LE SAMOURAÏ

ABOUT THE FILM: 

LE SAMOURAÏ, Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, 105 Min, Janus Films, France/Italy

Originally released October 25, 1967

In French with English subtitles. 

NOIR CITY climaxes with the West Coast premiere of a spectacular new restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic LE SAMOURAÏ, one of the director’s most perfectly realized works of existential coolness and dread. Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a sleek and self-possessed assassin whose latest contract leaves him in a struggle for survival. Melville’s aesthetically calculated exercise in cinematic style is not only a tribute to the vintage crime and gangster movies he loved; it became a touchstone for subsequent generations of filmmakers. Gorgeously photographed by Henri Decaë in the most monochromatic color scheme ever, the film’s visual style and hypnotic rhythms achieves a state of Noir Nirvana.

FORMAT: DCP

Tickets: $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)