FRI MAR 29, 2024 7:30 PM BITTER RICE / THIEVES' HIGHWAY $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission) Ticket prices for paid events include a $2.00 online booking fee. Booking fees do not apply to free RSVP events. Egyptian Theatre | ‘NOIR CITY: Hollywood 2024’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE EVENT: 7:30pm | Introduction 7:40pm | BITTER RICE 9:30pm | Intermission 9:40pm | THIEVES’ HIGHWAY Start times are approximate. ABOUT THE FILMS: BITTER RICE, Dir. Giuseppe De Santis, 108 Min, Cristaldi Film, Italy Originally released September 7, 1949 In Italian with English subtitles. BITTER RICE transposes the noir tale of a sleazy homme fatale, and the two women he enlists in his criminal schemes, onto a neorealist portrait of the mondina, female migrant workers who harvest and plant rice in the Po Valley. A quartet of fabulously attractive leads flesh out a steamy melodrama of desire, shame, rivalry, and redemption; it made a star of earthy Silvana Mangano, and gave American Doris Dowling her finest role. A sensuous blend of social critique and pulpy thrills, BITTER RICE is above all a tribute to women’s labor, community, and solidarity. FORMAT: DCP THIEVES’ HIGHWAY, Dir. Jules Dassin, 94 Min, Disney, USA Originally released October 10, 1949 The agra-noir of 1949 continues! When a returning GI (Richard Conte) suspects his trucker father has been cheated and maimed by a corrupt produce broker, he scrapes up a load of apples in the Central Valley and hits the roads for revenge. Can he survive a long night of duplicity and betrayal in San Francisco? A vivid adaptation of A.I. Bezzerides novel, shot on location in San Francisco’s now-vanished produce district, featuring memorable performances from Lee J. Cobb, Valentina Cortesa, Millard Mitchell, Hope Emerson, and Joe Pevney. FORMAT: DCP