Cinematheque: Cinematographers - James Wong Howe
Sweet Smell of Success (USA, 1957, 35mm, b/w, 96 min.) Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Cinematography by James Wong Howe; with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
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Date
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Time
7 p.m.
Location
UW Cinematheque, 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
The story of a battle of wits between omnipotent gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and super sleazy publicist Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is also one of the great love-hate letters to New York City in film history. James Wong Howe’s appropriately seamy b&w cinematography takes its cue from J.J.’s declaration: “I love this dirty town.”
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