Johnny Guitar (Ray, 1954): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.10pm
This film is part of the Funeral Parade Queer Film Society strand at the Prince Charles Cinema and will feature an introduction from Sarah Cleary.
Chicago Reader review:
Nicholas
Ray's great sur-western (1954), in which, as Francois Truffaut put
it, the cowboys circle and die like ballerinas. For all its violence,
this is a surpassingly tender, sensitive film, Ray's gentlest
statement of his outsider theme. Joan Crawford, with a mature,
reflective quality she never recaptured, is the owner of a small-town
saloon; Sterling Hayden is the enigmatic gunfighter who comes to her
aid when the townspeople turn on her. Filmed in the short-lived (but
well-preserved) Trucolor process, its hues are pastel and boldly
deployed, and the use of space is equally daring and expressive. With
Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as
well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano,
Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper.
Dave
Kehr
Here
(and above) is the trailer.
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