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NOIR CITY: Across the Bridge & Zero Focus (Zero No Shoten)

Noir City: Philadelphia
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    NOIR CITY, the most popular film noir festival in the world, returns to the Colonial Theatre.  Join us for a 3-day extravaganza featuring 10 films with the theme “Darkness Has No Borders.”Eddie Muller has curated all the films and paired them for specific reasons. Eddie will reveal that reason at the event. 

    “This year’s NOIR CITY program is tailored to satisfy folks who love noir that’s full of the colorful vernacular slang so essential to American and British noir—as well as adventurous viewers intrigued by a familiar story–a crime committed for passion or profit—playing out in cultures with different values, mores, and styles.” —Eddie Muller

    For our Saturday evening double feature, the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley (TOSDV) will play a brief prelude to the first film, starting at 5:30 PM, on the Wurlitzer. During the intermission, the Wurlitzer will play again. Our organist for the evening will be Bernie McGorrey, a Philadelphia-area musician, whose playing styles range from jazz/pops to classical and church music. His grandfather Charlie Mohacey ran house bands for legendary nightclub entrepreneur Frank Palumbo at Philadelphia’a “Click Club” and “Ciro’s” during the “Noir Era”, so this will be coming full circle for family history.

     Purchase a double feature ticket using the button to the left or an individual ticket to either Across the Bridge or Zero Focus using the buttons below.

    SINGLE TICKET FOR THE ACROSS THE BRIDGESINGLE TICKET FOR ZERO FOCUS

     

    ACROSS THE BRIDGE
    This adaptation of a Graham Greene tale improves upon the original thanks to some added plot twists. Rod Steiger gives a compelling performance as an arrogant industry captain caught embezzling. Fleeing to Mexico he impulsively switches identities with another rider and throws the body off the train. Unfortunately, his choice of victim lands him in a worse predicament. The film won rave reviews and great box-office receipts in England but remains virtually unknown in the U.S. Leave it to NOIR CITY to fix that!

    UNITED KINGDOM (1957) Dir. Ken Annakin. 103 min. DVD.

    ZERO FOCUS / ZERO NO SHOTEN
    This many-layered mystery is only one of several crime-laced dramas by the great (if still largely unheralded) director Yoshitarô Nomura. Newlywed bride Teiko Uhara sees her husband Kenichi off on one last business trip to his old office in Kanazawa; she eagerly anticipates his return so they can start their new life. But Kenichi mysteriously vanishes and when the police move too slowly, resourceful and tenacious Teiko begins her own investigation. This cross between slow-burning character study and thriller is a tense and spellbinding experience. In Japanese with English subtitles.

    JAPAN (1961) Dir. Yoshitarô Nomura. 95 min. DCP.

    Event Schedule

    5:30 PM                      Doors Open – The Wurlitzer will play an assortment of film music.

    6:00 PM                      Across the Bridge

    7:50-8:00 PM          Intermission* – The Wurlitzer will play during the 10 minute intermssion.

    8:00 PM                      Zero Focus (Zero No Shôten)

    *times are approximate. 

    Ticket Prices

    Double Feature Members: $30.00
    Double Features General Admission*: $40.00
    Single Feature Ticket Members: $20.00
    Single Feature Ticket General Admission*: $25.00

    *Please note that all non-member ticket prices include a $5.00 processing fee.

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