LAURA

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Mon, Nov 14, 2022 7:30 PM

Description

Film Noir Classics

Hosted by Prof. Foster Hirsch

Otto Preminger’s LAURA

Monday, November 14th at 7:30 PM

Members $12 | Public $17

Otto Preminger’s haunting tale of two men’s obsession with an ethereal woman became one of the most influential of all Film Noirs. Every role is perfectly cast, starting with Dana Andrews as a tough cop, Clifton Webb as the dangerously erudite Waldo Lydecker, Vincent Price as a Southern scoundrel, and beautiful Gene Tierney as the mysterious Laura. Its ambience is enhanced by unsettling flashbacks, voice-over, and David Raksin’s memorable score. David Lynch’s Twin Peaks paid homage in the names of Laura Palmer and the mynah bird Waldo. (US, 1944, 88min., English | Dir. Otto Preminger)

Still from Otto Preminger

Film poster for Otto Preminger