"Metropolis" - centerspread from the original 1927 French Pressbook

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Hard Boiled Fiction and Killers on the Run


I will be showing "The Getaway" on Monday and "Gun Crazy" on Friday.


Sam Peckinpah's film of Jim Thompson's tough-as-nails novel features Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw as husband and wife fugitives, running from the cops, a psychotic former partner in crime, and some angry Texas gangsters they have double crossed.


"Gun Crazy" is a great Film Noir. Peggy Cummins stars as Annie Laurie Starr, a carnival sharpshooter who is fascinated by the idea of murder.


Produced on a shoestring budget, the film uses techniques that were almost experimental in the 1950's.

I hope you can attend at least one of these great films. Both are a 5:00.

1 comment:

  1. Looks like a good movie. Unfortunately I can not make it at 5pm. I might see if it's on netflix though.

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