The Usual Suspects & San Francisco's Litquake Festival
I am several hundred miles away at the moment, but if you happen to be in LA or SF this weekend don't miss these two Film Noir events:
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall, 3507 Trousdale
Parkway, Los
Angeles, CA 90007.
Sunday 13 October 2013, 7:00 P.M.
Free Admission.
The USC School of Cinematic Arts presents a screening of “The Usual Suspects” featuring an introduction by the film’s director/producer, Bryan Singer. The neo-noir is cleverly written with a disjointed narrative approach using lots of flashbacks in its storyline. The film won two 1995 Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay, and it stars Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin and Benicio Del Toro.
Singer is also known for the psychological thriller, Apt Pupil, adapted from the Stephen King novella, and starring Sir Ian McKellen; as well as for his work as director of the X-Men films.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
This year, part of San Francisco’s annual 9-day Litquate Festival will include “San Francisco Noir Unscripted,” co-presented by the Film Noir Foundation.
Catch it tonight:
Z Space
450 Florida St.
$20 advance/$25 at door
12 October 2013 8 p.m.
The dark, seedy underbelly of San Francisco during the 1940s
and ‘50s is the setting for SF Noir Unscripted. From the back alleys of Chinatown to the manicured
lawns of Sea Cliff, Impro Theatre delivers hard-hitting, completely improvised
tales that explore the shadowy nether regions of “Baghdad By the Bay.” Using
such authors as Dashiell Hammett, David Goodis, and Charles Willeford as
inspiration, the ensemble embodies private dicks and femme fatales who revel in
seduction and murder!
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