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== Current Events == |
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Bangalore Film Society is proud to present a weekend of noir, a genre that changed film-making forever |
Bangalore Film Society is proud to present a weekend of noir, a genre that changed film-making forever |
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Director Melville’s (widely regarded as the ‘Father of the French New Wave’) classic noir about a hitman on the run which infuses 40s American Gangster chic with 60s French pop culture and 15th century Samurai philosophy, has inspired everything that revolutionized cinema from Godard to John Woo to Tarantino. |
Director Melville’s (widely regarded as the ‘Father of the French New Wave’) classic noir about a hitman on the run which infuses 40s American Gangster chic with 60s French pop culture and 15th century Samurai philosophy, has inspired everything that revolutionized cinema from Godard to John Woo to Tarantino. |
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Jeff Lebowski’s his name. But he prefers to be called ‘the dude’. A take on the genre that is every bit as Coen as it gets. It all starts with a soiled carpet and then tumbles on into Leninist philosophy, the joy of bowling, an array of eccentrics, Scandinavian pornography, great music, cowboys, the purity of lethargy and in true noir style, a kidnapping gone all wrong. |
Jeff Lebowski’s his name. But he prefers to be called ‘the dude’. A take on the genre that is every bit as Coen as it gets. It all starts with a soiled carpet and then tumbles on into Leninist philosophy, the joy of bowling, an array of eccentrics, Scandinavian pornography, great music, cowboys, the purity of lethargy and in true noir style, a kidnapping gone all wrong. |
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A classic in full measure. A terrific piece of writing, acting, camerawork, directing and a memorable score elevate this piece of melancholia into an absolute masterpiece. A man arrives in Vienna post-World War II to find that his friend has recently been killed in a dubious car mishap and is sucked into a web of deceit and intrigue. |
A classic in full measure. A terrific piece of writing, acting, camerawork, directing and a memorable score elevate this piece of melancholia into an absolute masterpiece. A man arrives in Vienna post-World War II to find that his friend has recently been killed in a dubious car mishap and is sucked into a web of deceit and intrigue. |
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With a title that refers to all that is crass in cinema, director Shane Black’s criminally under-rated debut is a tongue-in-cheek neo-noir turns the genre on it’s head as a small-time crook stumbles into a movie audition and gets to research his role of a detective by joining a gay private eye on his cases. A smart, funny noir for the post-Pulp Fiction generation. |
With a title that refers to all that is crass in cinema, director Shane Black’s criminally under-rated debut is a tongue-in-cheek neo-noir turns the genre on it’s head as a small-time crook stumbles into a movie audition and gets to research his role of a detective by joining a gay private eye on his cases. A smart, funny noir for the post-Pulp Fiction generation. |
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Current Events
Cinema, Coffee, Conversations Edition # 10
Bangalore Film Society is proud to present a weekend of noir, a genre that changed film-making forever
25th November, 2006 Saturday
3.00 pm
Le Samourai Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
Director Melville’s (widely regarded as the ‘Father of the French New Wave’) classic noir about a hitman on the run which infuses 40s American Gangster chic with 60s French pop culture and 15th century Samurai philosophy, has inspired everything that revolutionized cinema from Godard to John Woo to Tarantino.
5.30 pm
The Big Lebowski Dir: Coen Brothers
Jeff Lebowski’s his name. But he prefers to be called ‘the dude’. A take on the genre that is every bit as Coen as it gets. It all starts with a soiled carpet and then tumbles on into Leninist philosophy, the joy of bowling, an array of eccentrics, Scandinavian pornography, great music, cowboys, the purity of lethargy and in true noir style, a kidnapping gone all wrong.
26th November, 2006 Sunday
3.00 pm
The Third Man Dir: Carol Reed
A classic in full measure. A terrific piece of writing, acting, camerawork, directing and a memorable score elevate this piece of melancholia into an absolute masterpiece. A man arrives in Vienna post-World War II to find that his friend has recently been killed in a dubious car mishap and is sucked into a web of deceit and intrigue.
5.30 pm
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang Dir: Shane Black
With a title that refers to all that is crass in cinema, director Shane Black’s criminally under-rated debut is a tongue-in-cheek neo-noir turns the genre on it’s head as a small-time crook stumbles into a movie audition and gets to research his role of a detective by joining a gay private eye on his cases. A smart, funny noir for the post-Pulp Fiction generation.
Admission Free. Venue: No. 33/1-9, Thyagaraj Layout, Jaibharath Nagar, MS Nagar PO, Bangalore- 560033. Tel: 25492774 / 25492779 / 25493 705 Mob: 9886213516 Website: http://bfs.wikia.com