FACETS CINÉMATHÈQUE
July 2007
The Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. For more information on films playing in the Cinémathèque, please call 773-281-4114. To order advance tickets online, visit the TicketWeb website by clicking here.
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF A FACETS EXCLUSIVE!
JAMES ELLROY: AMERICAN DOG
"I am to the crime novel in specific what Tolstoy is to the Russian novel and what Beethoven is to music," boasts James Ellroy, an American crime fiction writer who was both cursed and blessed by his mother's brutal murder in 1958. Haunted by the slaying, it became the focal point of his work. In this stylish documentary, narrated by Ellroy himself, the writer visits his "dark places," literally and figuratively, as he returns to his mother's murder scene and ruminates on the meaning of her death. As the author of
L.A. Confidential and
Black Dahlia, Ellroy expanded the boundaries of hard-boiled fiction while also tapping into the moody atmosphere of film noir--a legacy honored in
American Dog.
Directed by Clara Kuperberg and Robert Kuperberg, France, 2006, DVD, 52 mins.
Ellroy.com
Ellroy Confidential
Ellroy interview
Showtime:
Sun., July 15 at 1 pm
For all Cinémathèque inquiries, contact Charles Coleman at 773.281.9075 or
charles@facets.org