Screening
The Big Heat
In conjunction with the exhibition Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion
Film Screening
The Big Heat, 1953
Friday, February 13, 7:00 pm
Parrish Art Museum
25 Job’s Lane, Southampton, New York
Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin. In English. 89 minutes. One of several postwar noir films that balance “a dark psychological fatalism with the spark of renewed hope,” The Big Heat stars Glenn Ford as a policeman whose determination to bring a mob boss to justice leads to the deaths of three women, including his wife. On one level a straightforward story of an honest cop, the film also functions as a more complex portrayal of the collateral damage that results from the collision of Ford’s intransigence with a violent underworld.
From series Films @ The Parrish: Damaged Romanticism. One of four films reflecting the clash between optimism and despair, selected by co-curator Colin Gardner, Professor of Critical Theory and Integrative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Quotations below derive from his exhibition catalogue essay “From Her(e) to Eternity: Time, Memory, and Immanence in the ‘Postmodern’ Romance.”
Admission $5 for Parrish members, $7 for non-members. No reservations, seating is limited. Information: www.parrishart.org, 631/283-2118.