I just received this from Janet Rudolph. This looks great,
and I wish I could be there. Rara-avian Eddie Muller is the
instigator.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fans of classic movie mysteries take
note! San Francisco's legendary movie palace, the Castro
Theatre, is the venue for NOIR CITY: The First Annual San
Francisco Festival of Film Noir, running January 17-26, 2003.
What makes the series especially intriguing is that it's
composed entirely of vintage crime thrillers set in San
Francisco.
The event is the brainchild of local author and Mystery
Readers International member Eddie Muller. Not
coincidentally, his period crime novels for Scribner, "The
Distance" and "Shadow Boxer" are set in late 1940s San
Francisco, and his Edgar-nominated "Dark City: The Lost World
of Film Noir" is one of the mostly acclaimed books on the
subject.
"Hollywood regularly exploited the city's reputation as a
place of mystery and intrigue," says Muller. "But this
exclusive focus on San Francisco-based movies is a first for
a film festival. It'll be as close as local residents can get
to actually having lived in the Bay Area during the classic
film noir era." Muller has programmed not only such
recognized classics as The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past,
and Lady From Shanghai, but many rare titles such as Woman on
the Run, Thieves' Highway, and Shakedown. "Some of these
films haven't been screened in 35mm since their original
theatrical runs more than 50 years ago," Muller notes.
A full schedule of dates and titles is available on Eddie's
website, http://www.noircity.com or
at http://www.thecastrotheatre.com
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