WED MAR 27, 2024 7:30 PM BLACK TUESDAY / LE TROU $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission) Egyptian Theatre | Introduction by Francesca Robinson, granddaughter of Edward G. Robinson, and Alan K. Rode ‘NOIR CITY: Hollywood 2024’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE EVENT: 7:30pm | Introduction 7:40pm | BLACK TUESDAY 9:00pm | Intermission 9:10pm | LE TROU Start times are approximate. ABOUT THE FILMS: BLACK TUESDAY, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 80 Min, Park Circus, USA Originally released December 31, 1954 MIA from NOIR CITY for nearly two decades, this brutal and breakneck hostage tale is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Edward G.) makes a daring prison break on the date of his scheduled execution, holing up with a group of terrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction is complemented by the stark imagery of legendary DP Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abetting Robinson as he chews apart both scenery and cast! FORMAT: 35mm LE TROU, Dir. Jacques Becker, 131 Min, Rialto Pictures, France/Italy Originally released March 18, 1960 In French with English subtitles. Adapted from a novel by ex-con Jose Giovanni, who based it on an actual prison break he’d participated in (and co-starring another of the actual participants), Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on the process of escape and the stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU, “the greatest French film of all time” adding, “and I weigh my words carefully.” FORMAT: DCP