99 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Starring Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Rock Hudson, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Lauren Bacall
Written on the Wind
(Douglas Sirk, 1956, 99 min)
Sun Sept 10, 4:00 pm
Wed Sept 13, 7:00 pm
One of the most remarkable and unaccountable films ever made in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk’s 1957 masterpiece turns a lurid, melodramatic script into a screaming Brechtian essay on the shared impotence of American family and business life. Sirk’s highly imaginative use of color—to accent, undermine, and sometimes even nullify the drama—remains years ahead of contemporary technique. The degree of stylization is high and impeccable: one is made to understand the characters as icons as well as psychologically complex creations. With Dorothy Malone (in the performance of her career), Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Rock Hudson. (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader)
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Written on the Wind
(Douglas Sirk, 1956, 99 min)
Sun Sept 10, 4:00 pm
Wed Sept 13, 7:00 pm
One of the most remarkable and unaccountable films ever made in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk’s 1957 masterpiece turns a lurid, melodramatic script into a screaming Brechtian essay on the shared impotence of American family and business life. Sirk’s highly imaginative use of color—to accent, undermine, and sometimes even nullify the drama—remains years ahead of contemporary technique. The degree of stylization is high and impeccable: one is made to understand the characters as icons as well as psychologically complex creations. With Dorothy Malone (in the performance of her career), Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Rock Hudson. (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader)
