Monday, October 05, 2009

Stop, Thief!



Tonight, Monday October 5 -

Sonotheque - 1444 W. Chicago - 312.226.7600

CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE

CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE PRESENTS: NOIR ON THE MARGINS

THE THIEF (1952) 86 MINUTES – DIRECTED BY RUSSELL ROUSE

CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE: FROM ARTHOUSE TO GRINDHOUSE
FILMS SELECTED BY JOE BRYL
6PM to 9PM --Film starts at 6:30
NO COVER
21+

The Thief remains superior to most other propaganda films – the loss of dialogue in itself is an asset in toning down didacticism – and director Russell Rouse, experienced in the noir cycle (D.O.A. – 1950), imbues the film with the necessary elements of fear, persecution, alienation, and loneliness.”

- Robert Porfirio: ‘Film Noir – An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style’ – Edited by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward