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NOIR CITY: Black Tuesday & The Hole (Le Trou)

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

    Saturday at 11:00 AM, Eddie Muller will be in the Berry Theatre signing copies of his books. This event will last until approximately 1:00 PM. It is in conjunction with Reads & Company, which will have copies of “THE ART OF NOIR,” “DARK CITY”, “NOIR BAR”, and “KITTY FERAL” for purchase.

    Purchase a double feature ticket using the button to the left or an individual ticket to either Black Tuesday or The Hole using the buttons below.

    SINGLE TICKET FOR BLACK TUESDAYSINGLE TICKET FOR THE HOLE

    BLACK TUESDAY
    AWOL for almost twenty years, this brutal and breakneck hostage yarn is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Eddie G.) makes a daring prison break on the day of his execution, holing up with a group of horrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction and stark imagery courtesy of the great Stanley Cortez (The Magnificent Ambersons) abet Robinson as he chews apart the scenery and his fellow cast members. A rarity is revived for NOIR CITY!

    UNITED STATES (1954) Dir. Hugo Fregonese. 80 min. Blu-ray.

    THE HOLE / LE TROU
    Adapted from a novel by ex-con José Giovanni, who based it on a real prison break he’d taken part in, and costarring another of the actual participants, Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on process and stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of the prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Noir master Jean-Pierre Melville declared Le Trou, “the greatest French film of all time,” adding, “And I weigh my words carefully.” In French with English subtitles.

    FRANCE (1960) Dir. Jacques Becker. 131 min. DCP.

    Event Schedule

    1:00 PM                            Doors Open

    1:30 PM                            Black Tuesday

    2:50-3:00 PM                Intermission*

    3:00 PM                             The Hole (Le Trou)

    *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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