Museum of Contemporary Art
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Investigation of a Citizen. Copyright Notice: © 1970, 1996, 1998 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Thursday Jan 14, 2010 (6pm)
Saturday Jan 16, 2010 (3pm)
Sunday Jan 17, 2010 (3pm)
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$8
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Elio Petri's deft 1970 political parable won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, but it remains somewhat obscure and under-viewed. Gian Maria Volonte (known primarily from roles in Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns) carries Investigation as a corrupt homicide inspector who kills his mistress and purposefully leaves implicating evidence. He undermines his fellow investigators' work when they do recognize clues, yet corrects the procedure's course when it veers away from identifying him. It's all done to prove to himself that he's the powerful untouchable of the film's title. If the plot seems implausible, Petri's dark humor and Volonte's sheer charisma still make the anti-authoritarian satire resonate.
