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December 30, 2005
Boris, Boris, Boris: Film Forum Gets Karloff Fever in February
Yay! Just when I thought this whole fucking town was asleep, Film Forum's Gabriele Caroti sends word that the theater plans a 14-film Boris Karloff retrospective to run Feb. 3-9. The series is principally intended to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Karloff's starring role in Frankenstein, but pretty much all the good stuff is included: 1934's The Black Cat, 1945's The Body Snatcher and, of course, 1968's Targets, set to be introduced Feb. 9 by director Peter Bogdanovich.
Not entirely coincidentally, Film Forum also announced a week-long engagement of 1973's Spirit of the Beehive, Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice's tale of a girl who becomes obssessed with Frankenstein's monster in 1940 after seeing Karloff's screen portrayal. A new print of Beehive screens starting Jan. 27.
OK, sorry to rouse you. Back to sleep.
Posted by stvanairsdale at December 30, 2005 01:54 PM
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