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If you weren’t lucky to catch the first series of Film Noir, you’re in for a treat, because the series continues with 4 more classics of this film genre. With two double features (separate admission).

We’re continuing the New Year with this film series celebrating a distinctly American genre of filmmaking, reknown for its dramatic cinematography that is uniquely designed for the movie theater experience.

Film Noir it’s hard to define, here is a definition I like:

“Film Noir burrows into the mind; it’s disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men – all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.“ (Film Noir, Bringing Darkness to Light - Documentary).

In essence Film Noir reflects a stylized view of reality where take one bad step and suddenly we find ourselves part of a whole new drama –in an endless labyrinth with no exit.

For more information about Film Noir please visit: http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

PROGRAM:
On Thursday, January 25 with will explore PURE EVIL with two films:

3 :OO pm FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket. A little know masterpiece praised by Martin Scorsese. Directed by Abraham Polonsky.

5: 30 pm TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a The Mexican border town of Tijuana. Considered the last great film of the golden age of film Noir. With Charlton Heston and acted and directed by Orson Welles. Talk about Mexican American relations!!!!

On Friday, January 26 it’s the turn for MYSTERIOUS WOMEN with two Films:

3:00 pm LAURA (1944)
A police detective (Dana Andrews) falls in love with the woman (Gene Tierney) whose murder he is investigating. With a one of a kind performance by Clifton Webb who steals the film and the great Vincent Price. Directed by: Otto Preminger.

5:30 pm SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
A screenwriter is hired to rework a faded silent film star's script only to find himself developing a dangerous relationship. Without a doubt the most significant film about Hollywood. Gloria Swanson gives her best performance ever. Don’t miss the director / actor Erich Von Stroheim as Max the butler and Bill Holden as the naïve screenwriter who wants to make it big in the Hollywood labyrinth. Directed by the master director: Billy Wilder.

Exploring Film Noir is like entering a secret gold mine full of diamond films. So our commitment we will bring you all these gems. These movies come with a guarantee: If you don’t like the movie we’ll give you your money back.

All the shows include a discussion following the film with Mexican filmmaker Elías Nahmías who is in charge of programing.

Check us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teatro.santaana, if you have any questions we’ll be happy to answers them.

Location: Teatro Santa Ana. Reloj 50, Centro. San Miguel de Allende. Tickets in advance and at the door at the box office.

This series is created by Elías Nahmías.
Elías Nahmías is a Mexican born independent filmmaker, with 40 years experience, who has worked in every aspect of filmmaking in México, Los Angeles, Spain, Chile, Nicaragua and Colombia. His first job was as personal assistant to actor /director Dennis Hopper. He has worked as an AD with directors such as Gary Winick, Carl Franklin, Miguel Littin, Rafael Corkidi, Patricio Guzmán, Felipe Cazals, Michel Gondry, Roberto Rochín, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Rodrigo García, in Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Chile and the U.S.A.

As a screenwriter he just finished an adaption of a Gabriel García Márquez short story to be made in animation He directed a docudrama about the Mayans in Palenque and did a short film about about a Kafka short story; he has done also video art, photography and painting. He has studied in depth the work of Fellini, Griffith, Chaplin, Buñuel, Kubrick, Scorsese and Woody Allen. He also has given courses and workshops on film appreciation, film language, documentary and film authors at the National Mexican Cinemateque National, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, (México’s top film school), Chile and Colombia. Currently works at the Mexican Film Institute, teaching documentary. In Los Angeles he worked for 15 years in the Hollywood film industry and also founded Frijolywood (Association of Mexican Filmmakers in Los Angeles) a non-profit that gathered Mexican filmmakers and actors in Hollywood. Among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Rodrigo García, Kate del Castillo and Salma Hayek among others . He belongs to the DGA Directors Guild of America.

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