Cinéclub: TOUCH OF EVIL
July 8, 2009
CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre presents an evening with
Le Cinéclub de Montréal: «THE FILM SOCIETY»
Event: Screening of TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) – plus short film Is It Always Right To Be Right?
Date: Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 7:30pm
Tickets: A one evening Film Society membership is only $8. $6 for students (with ID) and seniors (65+). Available at the Segal Centre box office and Admission.com Seating limited. Call the Segal Centre in adv. for tickets: 514-739-7944.
Address: CinemaSpace, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT? (1970, U.S.A., 8 min., in English) Directed by: Lee Mishkin.
Orson Welles lends his unique voice to this Oscar winning animated film that deals with narrowing the gap between people with differing views. Politics and “the people” collide with hilarious results.
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958, U.S.A., 111 mins., in English) Directed by Orson Welles. The making of Orson Welles’ masterwork features behind-the-scenes stories as fascinating as the film itself. From its famous uninterrupted long opening tracking shot to its final scenes with screen goddess Marlene Deitrich, it still packs a punch with modern audiences. Besides being essential for any cinephile, it deserves repeated viewings.
Charlton Heston plays special narcotics agent Mike Vargas investigating a possible link between fatal bombings in a Mexican border town and the Grandi crime family. The family head is played by Akim Tamiroff while Welles plays a corrupt cop in league with the Grandis and at odds with Vargas. In an act of vengeance, he tries to get at Vargas by threatening his wife, played by Janet Leigh, with sinister drugs and violence.
This may sound like a typical cop drama, but Welles turns it into a tour de force, taking us into the strip clubs, brothels and dark twisted alleys of the border town. He creates nightmare images so vivid, you can practically smell the raw sewage in the canal that runs through the slums. The rocking rhythms of Henry Mancini’s Afro-Cuban score complements the striking shadowy photography by Russell Metty.
This 1998 “Director’s Cut” was re-edited according to very detailed notes left by director Welles. Presented here on genuine motion picture film, this is a great cinematic treat best appreciated on our big screen.
Le Cinéclub de Montréal «The Film Society» events take place every second Wednesday, and are a co-production of Le Cinéclub de Montréal «The Film Society» and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts.
Le Cinéclub de Montréal: «THE FILM SOCIETY»
Event: Screening of TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) – plus short film Is It Always Right To Be Right?
Date: Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 7:30pm
Tickets: A one evening Film Society membership is only $8. $6 for students (with ID) and seniors (65+). Available at the Segal Centre box office and Admission.com Seating limited. Call the Segal Centre in adv. for tickets: 514-739-7944.
Address: CinemaSpace, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT? (1970, U.S.A., 8 min., in English) Directed by: Lee Mishkin.
Orson Welles lends his unique voice to this Oscar winning animated film that deals with narrowing the gap between people with differing views. Politics and “the people” collide with hilarious results.
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958, U.S.A., 111 mins., in English) Directed by Orson Welles. The making of Orson Welles’ masterwork features behind-the-scenes stories as fascinating as the film itself. From its famous uninterrupted long opening tracking shot to its final scenes with screen goddess Marlene Deitrich, it still packs a punch with modern audiences. Besides being essential for any cinephile, it deserves repeated viewings.
Charlton Heston plays special narcotics agent Mike Vargas investigating a possible link between fatal bombings in a Mexican border town and the Grandi crime family. The family head is played by Akim Tamiroff while Welles plays a corrupt cop in league with the Grandis and at odds with Vargas. In an act of vengeance, he tries to get at Vargas by threatening his wife, played by Janet Leigh, with sinister drugs and violence.
This may sound like a typical cop drama, but Welles turns it into a tour de force, taking us into the strip clubs, brothels and dark twisted alleys of the border town. He creates nightmare images so vivid, you can practically smell the raw sewage in the canal that runs through the slums. The rocking rhythms of Henry Mancini’s Afro-Cuban score complements the striking shadowy photography by Russell Metty.
This 1998 “Director’s Cut” was re-edited according to very detailed notes left by director Welles. Presented here on genuine motion picture film, this is a great cinematic treat best appreciated on our big screen.
Le Cinéclub de Montréal «The Film Society» events take place every second Wednesday, and are a co-production of Le Cinéclub de Montréal «The Film Society» and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts.
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