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THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: POLIZIOTTESCHI AND OTHER ITALO-CRIME FILMS OF THE 1960s AND 70s June 19 - June 29
THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: POLIZIOTTESCHI AND OTHER ITALO-CRIME FILMS OF THE 1960s AND 70s
June 19 June 29
Influenced both by 1960s political cinema and Italian crime novels, as well as by French noir and American cop movies like DIRTY HARRY and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, many Italian filmmakers in the late-60s and early-70s gradually moved away from the spaghetti western genre, trading lone cowboys for 'bad' cops and the rough frontier of the American west for the mean streets of modern Italy. Just as they had with their westerns, they reinvented the borrowed genre with their inimitable eye for style and filled their stories with the kidnappings, heists, vigilante justice, and brutal violence that suffused this turbulent moment in post-boom 1970s Italy. The undercurrent of fatalism and cynicism in these uncompromising movies is eerily reminiscent of the state of discontent in Italy today.
'The Italian Connection' showcases the diversity and innovation found in the genre, from the gangster noir of Fernando Di Leo's CALIBER 9 to Damiano Damiani's political thriller CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN, and from Carlo Lizzani's real-time exposé BANDITS IN MILAN to Umberto Lenzi's genre favorite ALMOST HUMAN and Aldo Lado's scarce BORN WINNER, starring Joe Dallessandro. Featuring terrific scores by Ennio Morricone, Stelvio Cipriani, Bruno Nicolai, Maurizio & Guido De Angelis, and others, some of these gems have been rediscovered and released on DVD thanks to the enthusiasm of the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Joe Dante, but many remain under-recognized in the U.S.
Programmed by Alessio Giorgetti, Alessio Grana, and Yunsun Chae (Malastrana Film Series) and by Harry Guerro. Special thanks to Laura Argento (Cineteca Nazionale), Chris Chouinard (Park Circus), Stefano Curti (RaroVideo), Matt Jones (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), Christopher Lane & Michael Horne (Sony), Alfredo Leone (International Media Films), William Lustig (Blue Underground), and Judy Nicaud (Paramount).
SCREENING SCHEDULE:
Carlo Lizzani
THE VIOLENT FOUR aka BANDITS IN MILAN
June 19 at 7:00 PM
June 25 at 7:00 PM
Enzo G. Castellari
HIGH CRIME
June 19 at 9:15 PM
June 29 at 4:30 PM
Elio Petri
WE STILL KILL THE OLD WAY
June 20 at 7:00 PM
June 24 at 9:00 PM
Fernando Di Leo
CALIBER 9
June 20 at 9:15 PM
June 26 at 7:00 PM
June 29 at 9:00 PM
Damiano Damiani
CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN
June 21 at 4:30 PM
June 28 at 6:45 PM
Giuliano Montaldo
GRAND SLAM
June 21 at 6:45 PM
June 27 at 7:00 PM
Mario Bava
RABID DOGS
June 21 at 9:15 PM
June 28 at 4:30 PM
Elio Petri
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
June 22 at 4:15 PM
June 26 at 9:00 PM
Umberto Lenzi
ALMOST HUMAN
June 22 at 6:45 PM
June 25 at 9:15 PM
Massimo Dallamano
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?
June 22 at 9:00 PM
June 27 at 9:30 PM
Sergio Sollima
BLOOD IN THE STREETS / REVOLVER
June 23 at 6:45 PM
June 28 at 9:00 PM
Aldo Lado
BORN WINNER
June 23 at 9:00 PM
June 29 at 6:45 PM
Mario Bava
KIDNAPPED (aka RABID DOGS)
June 24 at 7:00 PM
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