BGuthrie Photos: AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2013) -- "Native Son" (w/Eddie Muller and Stanley Crouch)

AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2013) -- "Native Son" (w/Eddie Muller and Stanley Crouch):

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Description of Pictures: The uncut version of NATIVE SON
Restored 35mm preservation print courtesy of the Library of Congress.

*Introduction by Eddie Muller Oct. 26
When the French director Pierre Chenal teamed with American novelist Richard Wright to create a film version of Wright's controversial bestseller "Native Son," they quickly realized it would be impossible to make such a film in America. The year was 1950, with the Civil Rights Movement still in its infancy and Sidney Poitier just beginning to change the image of blacks in Hollywood movies–and Wright's novel dealt with that most taboo of subjects: a poor black man charged with the murder of a wealthy white woman. So Chenal and Wright decamped for Buenos Aires, where the author was cast in the lead role of the persecuted Bigger Thomas, and the story's Chicago setting was meticulously reconstructed on the stages of Argentina Sono Film studio. Released in Argentina the following year, NATIVE SON became a critical and commercial success, but upon export to the U.S., the film was shorn of nearly 30 minutes–including all of its most provocative racial content–by the New York State Board of Censors. For decades, Chenal's original version was feared lost, until a complete print recently resurfaced in Argentina, which provided the standard for this restoration undertaken by the Library of Congress. The results reveal a flawed but fascinating film light-years ahead of its time in its depiction of race, as well as a rare, very stylish example of African American film noir. Special thanks to Edgar Krebs (Smithsonian Institution) and Fernando Martin Peña (Malba Museo de Arte Latinoamerico de Buenos Aires), who teamed to recover the film and research its complicated history. (Note courtesy of NYFF.)

Post-screening panel discussion Oct 26
Panelists: Stanley Crouch and Eddie Muller
Stanley Crouch is an American author, journalist, jazz writer and cultural critic. His most recent book is "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker."
Eddie Muller, founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation, is a writer, filmmaker and noted noir historian. His books include "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir," "Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir," and "The Art of Noir: Posters and Graphics from the Classic Film Noir Era."
Following the panel discussion, copies of both Stanley Crouch's "Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker" and Richard Wright's "Native Son" will be available for sale and signing in the lobby.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NATIV1_131026_033.JPG: ???, Todd Hitchcock (AFI), Eddie Muller
2. NATIV1_131026_038.JPG: Eddie Muller, ???
3. NATIV1_131026_062.JPG: Todd Hitchcock (AFI)
4. NATIV1_131026_189.JPG: Eddie Muller
5. NATIV1_131026_338.JPG: Stanley Crouch
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7. NATIV1_131026_572.JPG: Eddie Muller, Stanley Crouch
8. NATIV2_131026_304.JPG: Stanley Crouch
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- Hitchcock, Todd appears on:
  - 2023_MD_Bad_Living_231202 AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "Bad Living" (w/João Canijo)
  - 2023_MD_Taste_231130 AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "The Taste of Things" (w/Trần Anh Hùng and Tran Nu Yen Khe)
  - 2023_MD_Ghosts_231011 AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2023) -- "Pictures of Ghosts" (w/Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux)
  - 2023_MD_Fremont_230914 AFI -- "Fremont" (w/Anaita Wali Zada and Sudnya Shroff)
  - 2023_MD_Married_230908 AFI -- "Married to Comics" (w/Carol Tyler, John Kinhart and Gary Groth)
  - 2023_MD_Hatching_230607 AFI -- "Hatching" (w/Hanna Bergholm)
  - 2023_MD_Kirchick_230415 AFI -- "Advise & Consent" (w/James Kirchick and Michael Isikoff)
  - 2023_MD_Barry3_230331 AFI -- Celebrating Ray Barry -- Reception
  - 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl_230302 AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Quiet Girl" (w/Colm Bairéad)
  - 2023_MD_Fugazi_230211 AFI -- "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC" (w/Joe Gross and Jeff Krulik)
  - ...More (List all 104 pages with this person)...
- Muller, Eddie appears on:
  - 2022_MD_Place_In_Sun_221016 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2022) -- "A Place In The Sun" (w/George Stevens Jr. and Eddie Muller)
  - 2021_MD_Muller_211015 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2021) -- "Force of Evil" (w/Eddie Muller)
  - 2019_MD_Woman_Run_191020 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2019) -- "Woman On The Run" (w/Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith)
  - 2019_MD_Scarlet_Hour_191020 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2019) -- "The Scarlet Hour" (w/Eddie Muller)
  - 2018_MD_Muller_181020 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2018) -- "The Big Heat" (w/Eddie Muller)
  - 2017_MD_Muller_171021 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2017) -- "Once a Thief" (w/Eddie Muller)
  - 2013_MD_Chase_131026 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2013) -- "Chase" (w/Alan Rode and Eddie Muller)
  - 2008_MD_Raw_Deal_081101 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2008) -- "Raw Deal" (w/Eddie Muller and Foster Hirsch)
- Rode, Alan appears on:
  - 2018_MD_Rode_181013 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2018) -- "The Blue Dahlia" (w/Alan K. Rode)
  - 2013_MD_Chase_131026 AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2013) -- "Chase" (w/Alan Rode and Eddie Muller)
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