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Though social distancing saves lives, we still crave community and connection in these uncertain times. Introducing Dam’d Social Cinema—our platform for sharing films, while staying connected. Before each screening, one of our programmers will greet the audience and introduce the film on Zoom. Tonight we present a double feature of classic film noirs about the perils of hitchhiking: Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour (1945) and Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953).
Detour @ 21:00
Penniless pianist Al (Tom Neal) hitches a ride to Hollywood to see his sweetheart. But when his wealthy driver drops dead and Al crosses paths with mysterious Vera (Ann Savage), he's drawn into a dangerous case of mistaken identity and blackmail. Ulmer's feverish and fatalistic film noir is short, nasty, and sensationally entertaining. Savage is ferocious as one of the meanest and most memorable femme fatales in movie history. Watch the trailer.
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945 US, 68 minutes. In English.
The Hitch-Hiker @ 22:30
Roy (Edmond O'Brien) and Gilbert (Frank Lovejoy) hit the road for a weekend fishing trip. But after crossing the border, they stop for hitch-hiker Emmett (William Talman), who turns out to be an escaped murderer. As the police close in, Emmett forces his captives to drive deeper into the Mexican desert. Ida Lupino's tense, claustrophobic thriller strips the genre to its primal essentials: a trio of desperate characters, a gun, and a dark, lonesome highway. Talman is terrifying as the sadistic, but all-too-human villain. Actor-turned-filmmaker Lupino wrings genuine pathos from this primal tale. Unique in film history, The Hitch-Hiker is the first (and one of the few) film noirs directed by a woman.
Directed by Ida Lupino, 1953, US, 71 minutes. In English.
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