Production still from Double Indemnity 1944 (detail) / Director: Billy Wilder / Image courtesy Universal Pictures. See this seminal classic screening on 1 & 5 April & 21 May.
Film Noir celebrates one of the most seductive and enduring cinema movements. Conjuring images of private detectives, femme fatales, neon-lit streets and dive bars, Film Noir melded the glamour and thrills of Hollywood’s crime films with the black and white aesthetics of German expressionism.
The program considers the history of this distinctly American style and is curated by gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque. It brings together a selection of pre-noir films from the 1920s and 1930s, including beloved gangster stories (The Public Enemy 1931, William A Wellman) and influential German expressionist films (M 1931, Fritz Lang), alongside Film Noir classics (Double Indemnity 1944, Billy Wilder; The Big Sleep 1946, Howard Hawks).
It also explores contemporary cinema where the themes and aesthetics of Film Noir still linger (Taxi Driver 1976, Martin Scorsese; Drive 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn) and its ongoing international influence (Goldstone 2016, Ivan Sen).
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Film Noir
Australian Cinémathèque
Gallery of Modern Art
31 March – 21 May 2017
Find out more at www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/cinema
Snacks and refreshments are available from the Cinema Box Office. QAGOMA does not screen trailers before the film and sessions will commence at the advertised time.
