Sep 13, 2011
SFFILM
Susan Orlean will be at the San Francisco Film Society’s new theatrical home, San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema (1746 Post Street) Sunday, October 9, 7:30 pm, to celebrate the publication of her new book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, to introduce a screening of the action-packed silent Western Clash of the Wolves (USA 1925) and to answer questions from the audience following the film.
Orlean’s story of Hollywood’s most famous canine and his journey from his birth on a WWI battlefield through his career in film and television illuminates the history of the movies as well as ideas about war, heroism, success and the roles that animals play in our society. Orlean’s in-person illustrated introduction to Rin Tin Tin’s career will be followed by what she believes to be his greatest silent film, Clash of the Wolves. In this 1925 Western directed by Noel M.Smith, Rinty plays the half-breed leader of a wolf pack who helps a kind prospector defend his land from an unscrupulous claim jumper. The film is listed on the National Film Registry, which recognizes culturally, historically or aesthetically significant motion pictures. The new musical score was created and performed by Martin Marks. Written by Charles A. Logue. Photographed by E.B. Dupar, Alan Thompson, Joseph Walker. With Rin Tin Tin, Nanette, Charles Farrell, June Marlowe, Heinie Conklin, William Walling. 74 min. DVD.
Copies of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend will be available for purchase and Orlean will be available to sign books at the end of the program.
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At San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema, the supremely stylish state-of-the art theater located in the ultra-contemporary New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. For complete up-to-date information on all SFFS | NPC programming, including buying tickets, visit sffs.org.
Upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Opens September 16: Aurora Romanian filmmaker Cristi Puiu destroys all notions of crime as entertainment in this painstakingly realistic anatomy of a crisis, delivering a chilling character study of an ordinary person driven to extremes.
September 22: Grand Opening of San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema with a ribbon-cutting, champagne toast, screening of short films and open house reception.
September 23-25: Hong Kong Cinema New in 2011, presenting recent works from one of the world’s most exciting film industries.
September 26: The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan Private McKinley Nolan vanished 40 years ago on the Cambodian frontier. In 2006, his younger brother travels from rural Texas to Vietnam to try to unravel the story in this moving documentary.
September 27: Film Arts Forum: The Sound of Cinema Bimonthly information-sharing, discussion, networking, professional development jamboree for the Bay Area film community.
September 28-29: Shaolin With a superstar cast including Andy Lau, Jackie Chan and Nicholas Tse and a group of real Shaolin monks, this is an action-packed story of a ruthless warlord’s rehabilitation through Buddhist practice.
Opens September 30: Passione John Turturro’s tuneful exploration of the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
October 14-16: Taiwan Film Days A showcase of the best contemporary Taiwanese cinema.