Noir City DC Double Feature: ASPHALT JUNGLE + SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE w/ intro by Foster Hirsch
Schedule
Fri Oct 18 2024 at 07:15 pm to 11:15 pm
UTC-04:00Location
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center | Silver Spring, MD
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Noir City DC Double Feature: ASPHALT JUNGLE + SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE w/ intro by film historian Foster HirschTHE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
This is the ultimate heist film and the template for all that came after — from the assembly of the team to the painstakingly chronicled break-in to the telltale slipup. John Huston's expertly orchestrated urban crime story is one of the rare noirs to attract Oscar® recognition, garnering four nominations. A crooked lawyer (Louis Calhern), desperate to keep his nubile mistress (Marilyn Monroe), employs a just-out-of-jail master thief (Sam Jaffe) and some small-timers (Sterling Hayden, Anthony Caruso and James Whitmore) for a big score. Everything is going right the night of the break-in — until everything starts to go wrong. U.S., 1950, b&w, 112 min. NOT RATED
Followed by:
SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE aka THE CORRUPT [SYMPHONIE POUR UN MASSACRE]
This early crime-story masterpiece from French director Jacques Deray (BORSALINO, LA PISCINE), co-written by Deray, Claude Sautet (CLASSE TOUS RISQUES) and José Giovanni (LE TROU), recalls classic heist-gone-wrong films like RIFIFI, THE KILLING and THE ASPHALT JUNGLE. Five shady Parisian businessmen go in on a drug deal together, intending to launch a new criminal enterprise. But one of the gang is laying the complex groundwork to pull a double cross on his partners. The exquisite ensemble of veterans and genre greats includes Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier and screenwriter Giovanni in his acting debut. The crisp cinematography is by Claude Renoir, with a moody score by cult composer Michel Magne. France/Italy, 1963, b&w, 110 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Also screening October 21(no intro)
Part of Noir City DC. For the full lineup visit: https://tinyurl.com/NoirCityDC24
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Where is it happening?
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3916, United States,Silver Spring, MarylandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
