Mariel Capanna Film Series: Time Constraints—Rififi
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The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, Williamstown MA)
Mariel Capanna imposes time constraints upon herself as part of her painting practice. In honor of Capanna’s public spaces installation, this series showcases films by directors who worked within time constraints.
The series kicks off with a screening of Rififi (1955). After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City, the blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious robbery in the City of Light. Rififi is the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned Dassin the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on the decades of heist thrillers that have come in its wake. Its most famous scene imposes a time constraint on the bank heist, one that must be carried out in absolute silence. (Run time: 1 hour, 55 minutes)
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.
Details: clarkart.edu/events
Image: Rififi, Jules Dassin, 1955