When it comes to talking about the great filmmakers who filmed New York, critics and the general public instinctively shower their praise on Scorsese or Allen. However, the Big Apple will rarely have delivered all its beauties and twists, as was the case under the camera of Sidney Lumet. The maestro of such an exercise, as illustrated by A Dog Afternoon (1972), which will launch the Les Variétés cinema cycle on Tuesday September 12 at 8 p.m., to highlight seven of his films. Starting with this masterpiece in the footsteps of Sonny and Sal (played by a masterful Al Pacino and a priceless John Cazale), who embark on a bank robbery in Brooklyn, so poorly planned that their plans go awry , notably leading to a hostage situation that was as funny as it was nightmarish. During the Marseille evening, the film will be dissected by Jean-Michel Durafour, professor of cinema at Aix-Marseille University.
“Legal thrillers”
But it is above all on the “master of the legal thriller who stands out as a fascinating analyst of American institutions, always with the question of humanity in his sights”, that Variétés will focus. And this, through the screening of the legendary behind closed doors Twelve Angry Men (1957), of the criticism of the media world Network, main bass on television (1976), or of Daniel (1983), drama released in restored version this summer, which traces the history of the Rosenberg couple.
2023-09-12 04:10:10
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