The Wages of Fear, Henri-Georges Clouzot (France, 1953)
- When
- Sat Jan 21, 2012
- Where
- Pacific Film Archive (PFA)
- Time
- 8:10 PM
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies
Description
(Le salaire de la peur). Desperate men relying on their paltry wits in a cruel and forsaken place—a bit like John Huston’s great The Treasure of the Sierra Madre made five years earlier. But Clouzot’s existential thriller accelerates along a perilous mountain road, rather than circling, vulture-like, above the greed of men. The inveterate drifter Mario, played by Yves Montand, teams up with Jo (Charles Vanel), a barrel-bodied tough guy, and together they take on the treacherous job of hauling nitroglycerin for an oil company across three hundred miles of gut-churning terrain. Every rutted road, every rickety bridge becomes a harrowing trial for these damned haulers in this explosive parable about who’s really in the driver’s seat. Steve SeidWritten by Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, based on the novel by Georges Arnaud. Photographed by Armand Thirard. With Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Véra Clouzot. (1953, 147 mins, In French with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
Theater Admission Prices
Single Feature
$5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students
$9.50 Adults (18-64)
$6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees
Non-UC Berkeley students
Senior citizens (65 & over)
Disabled persons
Youth (17 & under
Additional Feature $4.00 All Patrons
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries
- Call
- (510) 642-5249 (Box Office)
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