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Preminger: Laura at Jordan Hall
Courtesy of John Campopiano | Posted on October 30, 2013
Where
Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 585-1260
When
Tue, November 5, 2013
8pm-10pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
About
Pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and coproducer Aaron Hartley bring an extra dimension to Hallowe'en with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition, this year's concert is based on one of the best-known specimens of the genre: Otto Preminger's 1944 Laura, as well as another Preminger title—Whirlpool.
One of Hollywood's most notorious rebels, Preminger constantly defied censorship by treating such themes as drug addiction and rape. He worked with predominantly black casts, jazz scores, and blacklisted screenwriters at times when all of these went against the unwritten rules of Hollywood....