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KISS ME DEADLY / CITY OF FEAR

April 15, 2018 @ 7:30 pm

April 15th at 7:30pm

NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD – THE 20th ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR
Double Feature!

Presented by the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation
Introduction by Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation.

 

35 mm!

KISS ME DEADLY
1955, Park Circus/UA, 105 min, USA, Dir: Robert Aldrich
Some critics see it as the apotheosis of noir style and the definitive statement on American paranoia in the Atomic Age. Others see it as screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides’ smirking send-up of author Mickey Spillane’s popular 1950s macho fantasies. Decide for yourself as hard-headed private eye Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) va-va-vooms his way through sunny and sinister Los Angeles in search of “the Great Whatsit.”
35 mm!
Archival Print! Not on DVD!

CITY OF FEAR
1959, Sony Repertory, 81 min, USA, Dir: Irving Lerner
An escaped con (Vince Edwards) thinks he’s stealing a cache of heroin, but he’s actually toting around enough radioactive material to destroy the parts of Los Angeles left standing at the end of KISS ME DEADLY. This tough little shoestring production is innovatively assembled by co-writer/actor Steven Ritch (PLUNDER ROAD) and director Irving Lerner (MURDER BY CONTRACT), and it has one of the first scores by legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith. Co-starring Lyle Talbot and John Archer.

Details

Date:
April 15, 2018
Time:
7:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

American Cinematheque – Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028 United States
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Phone:
(323) 466-3456
Website:
http://americancinematheque.com/