Film Forum
209 W Houston St
212.727.8110
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June 19, 2009 – July 2, 2009
Daily
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$11
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Neither film is available on DVD, so this really might be your only chance to catch 'em.
Best known for directing the Oscar-winning Gandhi, Sir Richard Attenborough has a resume of playing epic characters with unpeaceful tendencies. Film Forum is screening two of Attenborough's best sociopaths. The first is the role that made him famous on stage and screen, gang leader Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock. Based on Graham Greene's novel (he also wrote the screenplay), this teenaged scarface could be a brother of Clockwork Orange's Alex. An older and deadlier Attenborough portrays serial killer John Christie in 10 Rillington Place. What makes Richard Fleischer's film so disturbing is not the gore, but the tension built around Christie's crime spree. 10 Rillington Place should be all the more creepy in a restored 35mm print.
