| AN EVENING WITH LARRY COHEN |
| Tuesday, 30 August 2011 00:20 |
 FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER PRESENTS Film Comment Selects: AN EVENING WITH LARRY COHEN Tuesday, August 30 THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER (1977) 112min SPECIAL EFFECTS (1984) 93min Legendary write/director/producer Larry Cohen presents a double feature of his typically entertaining and thought-provoking films. First, Cohen's decades-spanning chronicle THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER dishes the dirt on the secret machinations of the notorious FBI director, mixing archival footage with fictionalized reenactments. From Hoover's first days as the head of the agency through his work in front of and behind the scenes with several administrations (with special emphasis on his contentious relationship with Robert F Kennedy) to his final days prior to Watergate, the film features Broderick Crawford and a host of 70s character actors at the top of their game. In Cohen's pitch-black satire SPECIAL EFFECTS, a sleazy, washed-up director (Eric Bogosian) shoots a picture about a killing he himself committed – and caught on film. Zoë Lund (best known for her collaborations with Abel Ferrara) pulls off a memorable double role, as the airheaded murder victim and a mousy city girl turned actress. Both films are prime example of Cohen's not frequently celebrated non-horror or non-genre work and he will be on hand to take part in a Q&A afterward with Film Comment editor Gavin Smith. For more articles like AN EVENING WITH LARRY COHEN, please visit the Film Features Section of TimesSquare.com |
