GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 6: Classical Style: “Sweet Smell of Success”

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6:

• “Marty” (Delbert Mann, 1955)
• “Director’s Cut” (2001) by Fantômas
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “Cape Fear” (J. Lee Thompson, 1962)
• “The Omen” (Richard Donner, 1976)
• “Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told” (Jack Hill, 1967)
• “Charade” (Stanley Donen, 1963)
• “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” (Elio Petri, 1970)
• "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (David Lynch, 1992)
• “Scarface” (Howard Hawks, 1932)
• “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
• “Brick” (Rian Johnson, 2005)
• “A Face in the Crowd” (Elia Kazan, 1957)
• “12 Angry Men” (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
• “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (John Sturges, 1957)
• “Paths of Glory” (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
• “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (David Lean, 1957)
• “Throne of Blood” (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 6:

• “Sweet Smell of Success” (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)