"Many of the original reviewers of JOHNNY GUITAR were dismissive, especially in the trade press, where the giddy style of it all made them regard it as something like a bad joke, but this only goes to show how unreliable such reviews can be." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wednesday, January 22, 5:30 p.m. | Film critic and scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum has been an indomitable presence in the Chicago film community for decades, and a presence at the Film Center, teaching our Lecture Series and sitting in our audience, for just as long. Join him for a screening of JOHNNY GUITAR (1954, dir. Nicholas Ray, USA, 110 min. In English / Format: Digital), followed by a discussion of his new book, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: A Jonathan Rosenbaum Reader.
Admission is $40 for Film Center members, $50 for general audiences and includes a signed copy of In Dreams Begin Responsibilities.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu