September 24 - 8:00pm
Peter Bogdanovich (19s68) 90 mins MA

Bogdanovich's directorial debut is an unconventional horror film, starring Boris Karloff as an ageing actor tired of playing ghoulish roles. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Charles Whitman murder spree & cleverly explores questions of violence by counterpoising Karloff’s screen monster against the young sociopath. Bogdanovich also makes an appearance as a young director working for a hack producer (paralleling his relationship with Roger Corman), who at one point watches Hawks’ The Criminal Code - featuring a psychopathic Karloff - on TV. This moody critique of American society is brilliantly shot by László Kovács.
* Preceded by Greetings at 8.00pm and Experiments in Time and Place at 7.00pm.
* Screens as part of the Cinema '68 Season.