Please join us for a screening of Samuel Fuller's House of Bamboo with an introducution by author, film scholar, and Wesleyan alumna, Lisa Dombrowski '92.
A reception, book signing, and raffle (for Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3 DVD set: The First Films of Samuel Fuller and copies of Lisa Dombrowski's book The Films of Samuel Fuller) will follow the film.

HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955) USA. Dir: Samuel Fuller. With Robert Stack, Robert Ryan. 102 min. One of the most iconoclastic and innovative directors of his generation, Samuel Fuller wrote every film he directed and produced most of them, instilling each with a daring sense of style and a sensationalistic approach to truth. He wanted to produce an emotional response in the viewer, a shock of recognition, and he was willing to break every rule in the book to do it. "House of Bamboo" is Fuller's most elegant film, the story of a government agent who infiltrates a criminal gang in Tokyo comprised of former GIs. Produced in Technicolor and CinemaScope and shot on location, "House of Bamboo" features exquisite cinematography, hard-boiled dialogue, jitterbugging geishas, and a climactic chase through a rooftop carnival! This rare 35mm print is presented courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Time: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Location: Goldsmith Family Cinema at the Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown CT
Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the Wesleyan Center for Film Studies and Wesleyan University Press
Admission: FREE