* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Monday the 24th to introduce the films.
Director Walter Hill, star Bruce Dern & associate producer Frank Marshall will appear IN PERSON to discuss the film with Edgar Wright, schedules permitting, on Monday the 24th.
Tickets are available here now! NB. Monday’s show is now standby line only.
The Driver Mon / Tues: 7:30
Duel Mon / Tues: 9:25
Edgar says: Walter Hill’s spare, gritty neo noir, The Driver one of my favorite crime films; a gear crunching spin of Melville’s Le Samourai and a great snapshot of 70’s downtown LA. I love the stripped down dialogue, the lack of character names, the terse cat and mouse games and brutal bursts of violence.
Equally spare, Steven Spielberg’s debut feature film Duel is as great a sign of things to come as one could wish for. Not many first time directors could pull off something this effective and thrilling on such a low budget and short schedule. Not many directors have the word ‘masterful’ thrown around for their debut. Spielberg did. Film students take note, this is how you do it.
