Fresh off the success of Jacques Tourneur’s CAT PEOPLE and I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, the American frontier story of CANYON PASSAGE was a very different kind of Western than audiences were used to seeing. Gothic tropes and sweeping landscapes are likely responsible for the film’s lasting impact on filmmakers like Martin Scorsese.
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The Lubitsch Touch
“There are films that are lost or so deteriorated that they take on the quality of a holy grail. ‘Rosita’ (1923), the first American movie by the German director Ernst Lubitsch, is one.”
The Colorful Wizard of Oz
“There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think of The Wizard of Oz” – David Lynch
George Stevens’ GIANT film
George Stevens’ epic Western with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean tackled culture clashes and racial injustice in this classic depiction of the transformation of the American West.
Global Cinema: Amir Naderi
A film featured in our upcoming Festival of Preservation, THE RUNNER, will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Amir Naderi. Read more about him and his film in our blog post for the series.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
When you think Sag Harbor Cinema, you think of the Sag Harbor sign.