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Bamcinématek Presents Sunshine Noir, a 21-Film Series of Sun-Drenched LA Crime Dramas, Nov 26—Dec 9 BAMcinématek presents Sunshine Noir, a 21-film series of sun-drenched LA crime dramas, Nov 26—Dec 9 In conjunction with the Next Wave presentation of Gabriel Kahane’s The Ambassador; series features Kahane in person at screenings of Heat and The Long Goodbye Featuring a sneak preview of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, Dec 8 18 films in 35mm! The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor for BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek. Brooklyn, NY/Oct 31, 2014—From Wednesday, November 26 through Tuesday, December 9, BAMcinématek presents Sunshine Noir, a 21-film series of sun-drenched LA crime dramas presented in conjunction with the Next Wave presentation of The Ambassador, singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane’s kaleidoscopic portrait of Los Angeles. Programmed in collaboration with Kahane, this lineup explores what happens when noir steps out of the shadows and into the sunlit boulevards of LA. Burrowing beyond the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown, this series of hard-boiled tales of outsiders and antiheroes exposes the seedy underbelly of the City of Angels. Opening the series on Wednesday, November 26 is William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), about two Secret Service agents hunting a murderous counterfeiter (a sneering young Willem Dafoe). Feverishly paced and expertly styled, this white-knuckle thriller features a show- stopping wrong-way car chase down a Los Angeles freeway that equals the iconic chase sequence from Friedkin’s The French Connection. As a special series highlight, BAMcinématek presents a sneak preview of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice on Monday, December 8. Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon and an official selection of this year’s New York Film Festival, this neon-lit neo-noir follows a private eye (Joaquin Phoenix) as he investigates the disappearance of a former flame’s current boyfriend and boasts a stellar cast including Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, and more. Inherent Vice is a Warner Bros. Pictures release and opens in limited release December 12, expanding January 9. Sunshine Noir features a variety of classic noirs like Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place (1950— Nov 29), but the series also showcases contemporary takes on the genre, from Michael Mann’s gripping Heat (1995—Dec 6) filmed in 65 locations around LA, to Alex Cox’s gonzo farce Repo Man (1984—Dec 5)—a punk homage to Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly (1955—Dec 5)—and Robert Zemeckis’ groundbreaking live-action/animation caper Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988—Nov 27 & 28), in which the cotton-tailed Hollywood star faces a shady set-up. Several films adapt European classics for the West Coast: Joseph Losey reimagined Fritz Lang with M (1951— Dec 4), shot on location in the slums of Bunker Hill and at the iconic Bradbury Building; and Jim McBride’s Breathless (1983—Dec 4) remakes Godard with Richard Gere channeling Jean-Paul Belmondo in what Quentin Tarantino called “a movie that indulges completely all my obsessions— comic books, rockabilly music and movies.” Los Angeles is a recurring muse for Tarantino, and two of the director’s films screen in Sunshine Noir: Jackie Brown (1997—Nov 30), featuring an unforgettable comeback performance by legendary blaxploitation heroine Pam Grier, and Tony Scott’s True Romance (1993—Dec 7), written by Tarantino and culminating with a standoff at the Ambassador Hotel—the namesake of Kahane’s Next Wave engagement. Other auteurist takes on the noir include Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974—Nov 27 & 28), which garnered the Oscar for Best Screenplay as well as 10 other nominations; Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey (1999—Dec 1) featuring masterful performances by Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda; and Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973—Dec 6), “a high-flying rap on Raymond Chandler and the movies and that Los Angeles sickness” (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker). Altman also served as producer for Remember My Name (1978—Dec 9), Alan Rudolph’s love letter to Joan Crawford-era melodramas, with Geraldine Chaplin as the femme fatale seeking revenge on a long- lost lover. Other highlights of Sunshine Noir include James Bridges’ cult classic Mike’s Murder (1984— Dec 2) with a tour de force performance by Debra Winger; Jacques Deray’s The Outside Man (1972— Dec 7), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, scored by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and co- written by Jean-Claude Carrière; Robert Mulligan’s gritty, downbeat The Nickel Ride (1974—Dec 9); Ulu Grosbard’s masterpiece Straight Time (1978—Nov 29); Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984—Dec 2), showcasing a host of Los Angeles locations from Rodeo Drive to the Chemosphere; and Taylor Hackford’s Against All Odds (1984—Dec 8), a remake of Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past set to a famed soundtrack that gave Phil Collins a number one hit with the title track. As a sidebar to Sunshine Noir, the recurring Overdue series programmed by film critics Nick Pinkerton and Nicolas Rapold presents a double feature of Florida-set noirs on Wednesday, December 3: George Armitage’s Miami Blues (1990) and Robert Clouse’s Darker Than Amber (1970). Pinkerton and Rapold will introduce the screenings. For press information, please contact: Lisa Thomas at 718.724.8023 / [email protected] Hannah Thomas at 718.724.8002 / [email protected] Sunshine Noir Schedule Wed, Nov 26 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: To Live and Die in L.A. Thu, Nov 27 2, 7pm: Chinatown 4:45, 9:45pm: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Fri, Nov 28 2, 7pm: Chinatown 4:45, 9:45pm: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Sat, Nov 29 2, 7pm: In a Lonely Place 4:30, 9:15pm: Straight Time Sun, Nov 30 6, 9pm: Jackie Brown Mon, Dec 1 5:30, 7:30, 9:30pm: The Limey Tue, Dec 2 4:30, 9:30pm: Body Double 7:15pm: Mike’s Murder Thu, Dec 4 5:15, 9:30pm: Breathless 7:30pm: M Fri, Dec 5 2, 7pm: Kiss Me Deadly 4:30, 9:30pm: Repo Man Sat, Dec 6 2, 8pm*: Heat 5:30pm*: The Long Goodbye Sun, Dec 7 2, 6:45pm: True Romance 4:30, 9:15pm: The Outside Man Mon, Dec 8 4:30, 7, 9:40pm: Against All Odds Showtime TBA: Inherent Vice Tue, Dec 9 5, 9:30pm: Remember My Name 7:15pm: The Nickel Ride *Intro by Next Wave Artist Gabriel Kahane Film Descriptions All films in 35mm unless otherwise noted. Against All Odds (1984) 128min Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods. Hired by a mobster friend to track down his girlfriend (Ward), a past-his-prime football star (Bridges) locates her in Mexico, strikes up a steamy tropical love affair, and gets mixed up in murder. This hot and heavy remake of Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 classic Out of the Past boasts a dark and stormy love triangle, stunning Los Angeles locales, and some seriously sexy chemistry between the leads. Mon, Dec 8 at 4:30, 7, 9:40pm Body Double (1984) 114min Directed by Brian De Palma. With Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry. While housesittingin a palatial Los Angeles residence, second-rate horror actor Jack Scully views a neighbor’s erotic dance through a telescope every morning. When he witnesses her outlandish murder, he seeks the help of a young porn star (Griffith) to get to the very bottom of the crime. DCP. Tue, Dec 2 at 4:30, 9:30pm Breathless (1983) 100min Directed by Jim McBride. With Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky. Drunk on cinephilia, Jim McBride’s giddy remake of Godard’s 1960 New Wave landmark moves the action to a dreamland vision of LA, where comic book-obsessed car thief Jesse (Gere) and his lover (Kaprisky) try to outrun the cops. Bursting with neon-spattered visuals, references to classic film noir, and a rockabilly soundtrack of Jerry Lee Lewis and Link Wray, Breathless is an audacious exercise in pure style. Thu, Dec 4 at 5:15, 9:30pm Chinatown (1974) 130min Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Polanski pays homage to the classic Hollywood detective film in this moody masterpiece. Jack Nicholson is Jake Gittes, a Sam Spade stand-in who sticks his nose into a corrupt water-stealing scheme—and nearly gets it sliced off in the process. As summed up in the immortal ironic last line of Robert Towne’s celebrated script, Chinatown takes the disillusionment of post-WWII film noir to its bitter extreme. DCP. Thu, Nov 27 & Fri, Nov 28 at 2, 7pm Heat (1995) 170min Directed by Michael Mann. With Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as a snazzy super-thief and a tightly wound LAPD vet, respectively. With his characteristically stylish eye for action and epic scope— and dazzling use of Los Angeles locations—pulp poet Michael Mann transforms this rivetingly plotted heist yarn into an existential opera of macho angst. Sat, Dec 6 at 2, 8pm Intro by Next Wave artist Gabriel Kahane at 8pm In a Lonely Place (1950) 94min Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame. Humphrey Bogart gives one of his most wrenching performances as Dixon Steele, a cynical, self- destructive Hollywood screenwriter who is suspected of murder—and finds uneasy salvation in a torrid affair with his seductive neighbor (Grahame). Maverick auteur Nicholas Ray’s haunting noir masterpiece is a despairingly romantic vision of the Dream Factory’s dark side. Sat, Nov 29 at 2, 7pm Inherent Vice (2014) 148min Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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