Fugitivos tells the story of two prisoners who have the opportunity to escape, but only together since they are handcuffed. His journey through the deep south of the United States and the fact that one is white and the other African American offers the opportunity to explore the problematic racial tensions of the moment. A subject to which Stanley Kramer, the director, will return in Guess who's coming tonight (1967)
By the time of its release, Kramer had already established himself as an independent film producer and was beginning his brilliant career as a director of controversial and social content films. On this occasion, he has a magnificent performance by Sidney Poitier, who would become the first African-American actor to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Leading Actor, and Tony Curtis in the most dramatic role of his career, also nominated for the Academy Award. Academy. In total it would receive 9 nominations, of which it would take 2: Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay, written by Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young, the latter under the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, since it was on the blacklist.
Projection in original version (English) with subtitles in Spanish.
This film series aims to explore one of the most complex and convulsive times in the history of cinema: the witch hunt in Hollywood. In the late 40s and 50s, film producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, musicians, and critics became the targets of spectacular persecution by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The process, and the media circus that it entailed, profoundly affected the film industry and for years dictated how and who could work in Hollywood.
This selection of masterpieces, released between 1940 and 1960, offers us the opportunity to see in detail the evolution of the cinema of the great Hollywood studios, as well as delve into the turbulent sociopolitical climate in which they were shot and released.
1October 5: La Loba (The Little Foxes, 1941, William Wyler)
October 22: Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
October 29: Laura (1944, Otto Preminger)
November 5: One Day in New York (On the Town, 1949, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
November 12: The asphalt jungle (The Asphalt Jungle, 1950, John Huston)
November 19: Alone in the face of danger (High Noon, 1952, Fred Zinnemann)
November 26: Roman Holiday (1953, William Wyler)
December 3: The law of silence (On the Waterfront, 1954, Elia Kazan)
December 10: Fugitives (The Defiant Ones, 1958, Stanley Kramer)
December 17: Spartacus (Spartacus, 1960, Stanley Kubrick)
Cycle curator: Sibley Labandeira