Film Forum
209 W Houston St
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The Naked City (1948)
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Sunday Mar 29, 2009 (3:20 & 7pm)
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$11
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When Jules Dassin directed 1948's The Naked City, he set out to make a dirt-under-the-fingernails crime flick that would wallop audiences with its newsreel-style cinematography and uncomfortably candid depiction of crime. He succeeded, and the film's neo-realist waves not only pushed the Hays Code but washed all the way to France, where in-the-streets photography became the trademark of the Nouvelle Vague. After traveling back to America in the films of Scorsese, they can still be found in every episode of Law and Order. Tonight, experience this Weegee crime-scene photograph brought to life, along with fellow Dassin classic, Thieves Highway. The double-feature is part of FF's tribute to Dassin, whose films remind us what's eternal about our noirish city.
