August 1, 2008

7:00 pm

free
details herE:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html

Friday, August 1 (7:00 pm)

An Evening with Marcel Marceau

Shanks (William Castle Productions/Paramount, 1974). Dir William Castle. Wrt Ranald Graham. With Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Larry Bishop. (92 min, color, 35mm)

with:

A Fable (Mobil Oil Corp. International Division/Columbia, 1968). Dir & Wrt Rolf W. Brandis. With Marcel Marceau. (18 min, color, 35mm)

Beloved master of gimmicks William Castle’s final work, as well as the late Marcel Marceau’s only lead film role. In this macabre and near-silent fairy tale, the puppeteer Shanks (Marceau) learns from a scientist (also Marceau) how to reanimate the dead. Shanks then uses this knowledge to take revenge on his cruel stepsister and brother in law. Needless to say, things don’t turn out well. Shanks was Oscar-nominated for Alex North’s extensive score. Flawed yet ambitious, Castle’s farewell to cinema is a strangely uncommercial (for him), off the wall and one of a kind experiment. (WK)

Shown with A Fable , with Marcel Marceau “in a film about the value of building friendships, and the dangers of insularity. The presence of a beautiful blonde neighbor contributes a vital, but innocent adult element as well.” (Academic Film Archive)

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