NOIR CITY: Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) & Street of Chance
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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
Purchase a double feature ticket using the button to the left or an individual ticket to either Never Open That Door or Street of Chance using the buttons below.
NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR / NO ABRAS NUNCA ESA PUERTA
NOIR CITY is proud to present a new FNF restoration of this duo of suspense stories from the pen of Cornell Woolrich. Originally a three-part anthology of his tales, Never Open That Door was released separately from If I Should Die Before I Wake, also adapted by C. H. Christensen. Highlighted by the incredible cinematography of Pablo Tabernero, it features masterful sequences of spine-tingling suspense. Critic Horacio Bernades declared, “Rarely has an Argentine film been more purely cinematic than this.” In Spanish with English subtitles.
Digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding by the Film Noir Foundation.
ARGENTINA (1952) Dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen. 85 min. DCP.
STREET OF CHANCE
The first case of amnesia in the classic noir era comes with a Woolrichian twist. Frank Thompson (Burgess Meredith) survives an accident only to have the shock restore his memory! He learns he’s been living the past several years as someone else! With his incredulous girlfriend Ruth (Claire Trevor), Frank embarks on a nocturnal quest to determine his true identity. A “B” offering that benefits from some A-list contributors, principally director of photography Theodor Sparkuhl, a less-heralded master of noir imagery.
UNITED STATES (1942) Dir. Jack Hively. 74 min. 35mm.
Event Schedule
6:30 PM Doors Open
7:00 PM Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta)
8:25-8:35 PM Intermission*
8:35 PM Street of Chance
*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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