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Elevator to the Gallows @ Robert Classic French Film Festival
Saturday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.
Elevator to the Gallows/Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Louis Malle, 1957, 92 min., B&W, 35mm projection source
In his mesmerizing debut feature, 24-year-old director Louis Malle ("Au revoir les enfants," "Atlantic City") brought together the beauty of Jeanne Moreau, the camerawork of Henri Decaë, and a now-legendary score by Miles Davis (whose much anticipated biopic, Don Cheadle's "Miles Ahead," premieres in April). A touchstone of the careers of both its star and director, "Elevator to the Gallows" is a richly atmospheric thriller of murder and mistaken identity unfolding over one restless Parisian night.
Britain's Daily Telegraph writes: "Few debuts come punchier, cooler, and more influential than Louis Malle's 1958 thriller about a Parisian murder plan unravelling, scene by fateful scene. Claude Chabrol's 'Le beau serge,' released later that year, is generally considered the first film of the French New Wave -- why not this? (Malle's) tight, resourceful, location-shot film, composed superbly with natural light by Henri Decaë, and achieving plenty of contemporary zing with its famous Miles Davis score, is a very clear precursor of the work of Godard and Truffaut."
With an introduction and post-film discussion by Renée Hirshfield, adjunct professor of film studies at Southwestern Illinois College.
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LocationWebster University/Moore Auditorium (View)
470 East Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
United States
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