TUE MAR 26, 2024 7:30 PM BRUTE FORCE / HARDLY A CRIMINAL $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission) Egyptian Theatre | Introduction by Ron Goldman, nephew of Jules Dassin, 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 | BRUTE FORCE 9:20pm | Intermission 9:30pm | HARDLY A CRIMINAL Start times are approximate. ABOUT THE FILMS: BRUTE FORCE, Dir. Jules Dassin, 98 Min, Janus Films, USA Originally released June 30, 1947 Producer-writer extraordinaire Mark Hellinger followed his groundbreaking hit THE KILLERS (1946) with this most hard-boiled of prison pictures. The “men on the inside” (Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, John Hoyt, and Whit Bissell) are matched against hideously sadistic prison captain Hume Cronyn while pining for their “women on the outside” (Ann Blyth, Yvonne De Carlo, Ella Raines and Anita Colby). Superbly crafted by director Dassin, this picture is a classic example of post-World War II noir realism that once seen, can’t be forgotten. FORMAT: 35mm Print courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Preserved by The Museum of Modern Art. HARDLY A CRIMINAL, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 88 Min, Film Noir Foundation, Argentina Originally released March 22, 1949 In Spanish with English subtitles. Imagine a cinematic hybrid of NAKED CITY and BRUTE FORCE set in Argentina and you begin to appreciate the uniqueness of HARDLY A CRIMINAL. In his final Argentine film before relocating to Hollywood, Fregonese relates the story of young José Moran, (Jorge Salcedo) an employee of a Buenos Aires company who embezzles and ends up doing the time for the crime. The film’s narrative shifts from urban noir to prison-break melodrama as Fregonese’s supple direction weaves a compelling drama, leaving the viewers with a bittersweet taste of noir fatalism. FORMAT: 35mm 35mm print courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.