Slideshow
RENÉ CLAIR
Friday, March 21 – Thursday, April 3
Over 20 silent and sound films by the director often called “the most French of all filmmakers”, including PARIS QUI DORT (1924), THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT (1928), UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (1930), LE MILLION (1931), À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (1931), I MARRIED A WITCH (1942), AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945), LE SILENCE EST D’OR (1947), LA BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE (1950), and many more.
“A REAL MASTER… He invented his own Paris, which is better than recording it.”
– Orson Welles
SILENT FILMS IN SERIES FEATURE LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT BY STEVE STERNER.
Special thanks to Janus Films, La Cinémathèque Française, Institut Français, Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Pathé.
Presented with support from The George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema