Film Screening: Underworld (with Alloy Orchestra Live) @ National Gallery of Art
August 2, 2008 by Svetlana 
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| August 9, 2008 | ||
| 4:30 pm |
Underworld
Alloy Orchestra, live appearance
August 9 at 4:30
East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
free
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/
Hollywood’s eccentric master of glamour and craft, Josef von Sternberg, proved the perfect foil for former reporter Ben Hecht, whose script for this early gangster genre gem was based on personal experiences working Chicago’s crime beat. Von Sternberg’s direction adds aplomb, while performances from bank robber George Bancroft and moll Evelyn Brent enchant. Boston’s Alloy Orchestra performs live its dazzling new score for the film. (Josef von Sternberg, 1927, silent with live accompaniment, 80 minutes)
