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UNCG Teams with Carolina Theatre for “Murder on Mondays”
 
GREENSBORO – Delve into the dark recesses of the criminal mind Monday evenings this fall, when classic films arrive at the historic Carolina Theatre. The theater, in association with the UNCG Department of Broadcasting and Cinema, presents “Murder on Mondays,” a weekly film noir series, now through Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

"This collaboration between Broadcasting and Cinema and the Carolina Theatre is a great boost to film studies at the university and in the community," say John Lee Jellicorse, head of the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema.  "Now film students can see movies in the manner for which they were designed: in a movie palace, on a large screen, and in the presence of an enthusiastic audience.  And now local film fans can share the expertise of our film studies professors at UNCG."

There will be a brief, informative introduction to each film by Jeffrey Adams, associate professor of German and film studies at UNCG. The public screenings are a spin-off from Adams’ film noir course.

“Film noir is different than crime drama,” he said. “These films are not Who-done-its. In film noir, the question is more ‘Why did this murderer commit the crime?’ They explore the dark side of the human psyche.”

A German culture enthusiast, Adams was drawn to film noir when he discovered that many of the films’ directors were expatriate Germans and Austrians, who fled Europe in the 1930s, after the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. With them they brought a post-World War I cynicism. As a result they often chose dark stories, such as found in American pulp fiction, to adapt to the screen.

However, beyond their common themes, the films also share the distinction of high quality.
 
“I chose these films because they are masterpieces, outstanding films in their own right,” Adams said.

Audience members are invited to an open discussion following each screening. Admission is $5. The Carolina Theatre is located at 310 S. Greene St. Call 333-2605 for more information, or visit the Carolina Theatre Web site, www.carolinatheatre.com.
 
The fall schedule is:

Sept. 8 – “Sunset Boulevard,” directed by Billy Wilder, 1950. Starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden.

Sept. 15 - “DOA,” directed by Rudolph Mate, 1950. Starring Edmund O’Brien.

Sept. 22 – “The Third Man,” directed by Carol Reed, 1949. Starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton.

Sept. 29 – “The Big Heat,” directed by Fritz Lang, 1953. Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando (Marlon's sister), and Lee Marvin.

Oct. 6 – “Touch of Evil,” directed by Orson Welles, 1958. Starring Orson Welles, Charleton Heston, Janet Leigh, and Marlene Dietrich.

Oct. 13 – “Chinatown,” directed by Roman Polanski, 1974. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston.

Oct. 20 – “Taxi Driver,” directed by Martin Scorsese, 1976. Starring Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, and Cybill Shepherd.
 
 

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