From August 26-28, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will screen two modern classics defining California's film noir genre. "LA Noir" will feature a digitally restored 1960s black and white film, "Private Property," directed by Leslie Stevens, alongside a more recent 2015 noir film, "Too Late," directed by Dennis Hauck.The plot of "Private Property" revolves around Drifters Boots and Duke, disturbingly played to perfection by Warren Oates and Corey Allen. The film can be termed as Oates' greatest performance. The 60s classic was thought to be lost until recently, and it will be presented in a new 4K digital restoration."Too Late" is shot on 35mm in five scenes. This feature debut reveals in nonlinear fashion the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator (John Hawkes) and the missing woman (Crystal Reed) he’s hired to find. Each scene is an uninterrupted shot lasting the length of a reel of film (22 minutes). The film deconstructs the private-eye genre and reconstructs it with elements of Southern California and the menagerie of eccentric personalities and lost souls who inhabit it.Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek of the screenings.
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