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Saturday, Mar 26, 2016
8 PM (97 mins)
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BAMPFA
L'homme a l'Hispano
(The Man with the Hispano-Suizo)
Archival Prints!
Jean Murat, Marie Bell, Joan Helda, Gaston Mauger,
PRECEDED BY: LA VILLANELLE DES RUBANS (THE VILLANELLE OF RIBBONS) A filmed song. (1932, 7 mins, In French, B&W, 35mm, From La Cinémathèque française)
An ode to transportation, as well as to every possible kind of cinematic movement, Epstein’s film features the intrigue of a love triangle and the theme of a desire for world travel. It carries the plot over a great deal of terrain in the process. Even with its hammy acting and over-deliberate dialogue, the film features moments of both visual and audio bravado typical of Epstein’s penchant for derailing narrative lines with cinematic excesses.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Jean Epstein
Based On
The novel by Pierre Frondaie
Cinematographer
- Armand Thirard
- Joseph Barth
Language
- French
- with English electronic titling
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 90 mins
Source
- Cinémathèque Française