The Aero will screen six of Jules Dassin’s most acclaimed urban noir films this weekend, May 15 — May 17. As a director, screenwriter and actor, Dassin first gained Hollywood fame before fleeing the blacklist to Paris in 1953.
Although he spoke only a little French, Dassin directed Rififi in 1954 and won best director the year after that. Rififi inspired Ocean’s Eleven, Mission Impossible and other genre films. Realism, expressionism, grit and sentimentality mingle in Dassin’s gallery of cops, robbers, rogues, promoters, truckers, prostitutes and the occasional chanteuse. Each night of this weekend’s tribute offers double-trouble with cool blondes, dark themes and smoking guns.
Friday, May 15, 7:30 pm
The Naked City (1948) and Never on Sunday (1960)
Saturday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Rififi (1955) and Topkapi (1964)
Sunday, May 17, 7:30 pm
Night And The City (1950) and Thieves’ Highway (1949)
American Cinematheque at The Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
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