Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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Frenzy
- When
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Sunday July 18, 2010 (8:15pm)
Sunday Aug 1, 2010 (5:15pm)
Sunday Aug 15, 2010 (8:15pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$12; Members $8; Seniors & Kids $10 Get two tickets per film for an entire year for just $100 with a Thalia Film Pass! (Limit of one screening per film.)
1972. UK. Alfred Hitchcock. 116 min. Technicolor. Starring Michael Bates, John Boxer (II), Bernard Cribbins, Jon Finch, Barry Foster. Rating: R
Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film, written by Anthony Shaffer (who also wrote “Sleuth”), this delightfully grisly little tale features an all-British cast minus star wattage, which may have accounted for its relatively slim showing in the States. Hitchcock returned to London to film Frenzy, his last major triumph. The plot marks a return to the murder thriller genre that he made so many films out of earlier in his career. Hitchcock allowed nudity and profane language, which had before been taboo. Critics have noted that Hitchcock had always pushed the limits of film censorship, often managing to fool Hollywood's Production Code. Many times Hitchcock slipped in subtle hints of improprieties forbidden by censorship until the mid-1960s. Yet the code office often realized that Hitchcock was inserting such things and were actually amused as well as alarmed by Hitchcock's "inescapable inferences".
