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March 09, 2006
NYUFF Hosts Outrageously Rare Screening of 'World's Greatest Sinner'
As noted yesterday, the 13th annual New York Underground Film Festival is off and running, and organizers are wasting little time in asserting the fest as this weekend's can't-miss event. To wit: The Reeler just confirmed that the NYUFF plans a secret, surprise screening of Timothy Carey's exceedingly rare 1962 film The World's Greatest Sinner tonight at Anthology Film Archives.
Probably most famous for its unavailability, like, anywhere, Sinner is a film so infrequently seen that to call it a cult classic would be to overstate its exhibtion history; it has not been screened in New York in almost 45 years. Inveterate character actor Carey wrote, produced, directed and stars as an insurance salesman who quits his job to start a new life as a charismatic rock star/preacher/politican. The film represents the only filmmaking credit for Carey--who came as close as anybody to being one of Stanley Kubrick's stock players in the late '50s and early '60s--and also features the music of a 15-year-old prodigy named Frank Zappa.
The screening features a few Timothy Carey trailers and an introduction by Lia Gangitano and Walter Ocner; it starts at 11:30 tonight in Anthology's upstairs theater. Tickets are $8.50 and go on sale at noon. Do not worry if you miss it, though--it should probably be back in New York around the year 2050 or something.
Posted by stvanairsdale at March 9, 2006 11:39 AM
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New York isn't first for everything. "The World's Greatest Sinner" was the hit of the Bicknell International Film Festival - in tiny Bicknell, Utah, near the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park - in July 2001.
The BIFF bills itself as the "smallest international film festival in the world," and was the brainchild of Utah auteur Trent Harris ("Rubin & Ed," "Plan 10 From Outer Space," "Beaver Trilogy"). It the only parade that reaches speeds of 50 mph, and is the only film festival I know of that has a swap meet. Go to www.waynetheatre.com for details.
Posted by: Sean Means at March 9, 2006 12:52 PM
"The World's Greatest Sinner" was screened in New York in 2004 as part of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects series. At the time it was indicated that a DVD was being prepared -- was this mentioned at the NYUFF event?
Posted by: Ira Hozinsky at March 11, 2006 11:30 AM