Play Misty for Me (Eastwood, 1971): Prince Charles Cinema, 6pm
Play Misty for Me is part of Women in Flux, presented in association with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and curation MA. This is a 35mm screening.Chicago Reader review:
Clint Eastwood wisely chose a strong, simple thriller for his first film
as a director (1971), and the project is remarkable in its
self-effacing dedication to getting the craft right—to laying out the
story, building the rhythm, putting the camera in the right place, and
establishing small characters with a degree of conviction. Eastwood
himself stars as a small-town disc jockey terrorized by a pathological
fan (Jessica Walter, in a performance so creepy and sexually aggressive
that she hardly worked again for years). Eastwood’s directorial mentor,
Don Siegel, has a bit part.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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