9/14/91
BRUTE FORCE/THE NAKED CITY
(How is that for a coincidence, Gord? Certainly a reminder of the high esteem Jules Dassin's work in the 40s has enjoyed right from the start of film noir criticism.)
9/15/91
MOONRISE/STRANGE ILLUSION
Eddie Muller might well have seen this double bill back in the day (not sure, exactly, of the last time he actually set foot in the Roxie); in any case, this may have been the basis for how he took a shine to MOONRISE (though this screening would have pre-dated the UCLA/Packard Foundation restoration of the film that was completed a bit later in the decade, often considered to be one of the key turning points for the momentum of the film restoration/preservation effort due to the impact its opening scenes made thanks to the renewed visual clarity--note that Scorsese's Film Foundation was founded in 1990).
STRANGE ILLUSION reminds us of how intense the Ulmer cult was at this point in the evolving critical reception of noir.
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