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Event Date as Display String:

Sunday, July 7, 2019, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location:

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge

URL:

https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019junaug/hawks.html#scarface

Event Description:

Gazette Classification: Film Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film
Archive Cost: $9 - Regular Admission $7 - Non-Harvard Students,
Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens. Free for Harvard
students Contact Info: bgravely@fas.harvard.edu Link:
https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019junaug/hawks.html#scarface
One of Hawks' most visually elaborate works, "Scarface" is a film
enamored with shadows, fog and the damp, shiny allure of Chicago by
night. Utilizing dynamic camera movement and expressionistic
compositional play, Hawks reflects the intensity of the city's mafia
community without glamorizing it. Riding high in this crime world is
Tony Camonte (Paul Muni), a bloodthirsty gangster who consistently
ignores his boss' orders in launching a killing spree that takes him
deep into the North Side to mess with a much-feared Irish mob. From
here, Tony's swelling ego and drive to rule Chicago go largely
unchecked, while his intimate, vaguely incestuous relationship with
his sister (played by a wonderfully committed Ann Dvorak) provides his
only fulfilling, if damaged, human relationship. Though completed
prior to the enactment of the "Production Code," this nastily
effective film came under great scrutiny from the censors and caused
even more concern when it became a box office success, but to film
history it is invaluable, providing seeds for the noir genre as well
as the entire careers of Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma.

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Sunday, July 7, 2019 - 16:30 to 18:00

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