A Tribute to James
Caan
THIEF
Directed by Michael
Mann
Saturday, July 16th at 9:30 PM
Members $10 | Public
$15
The Cinema Arts Centre pays tribute to legendary James
Caan with a rare big screen showing of one of his emblematic roles. The
contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic
sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with Thief,
his debut feature. Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a
no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind
after one final diamond heist—but he discovers that escape is not as simple as
he’d hoped. Finding hypnotic beauty in neon and rain-slick streets, sparks and
steel, Thief effortlessly established the moody
stylishness and tactile approach to action that would also define such later
iconic entertainments from Mann as Miami Vice, Manhunter,
and Heat. Mann used real thieves as technical advisors on the film
and that Tangerine Dream soundtrack is a joy. Also
starring Tuesday Weld and Willie Nelson. (USA, 1981. 126 min.,
color, DCP | Dir. Michael Mann)