Event

Don Siegel Tribute

With a career spanning from the 1940s to the 1980s, Don Siegel is
something of a Hollywood legend. After two Academy Award-winning short
films, Siegel became a director of B-movies right as the Hollywood
studios were falling apart in the wake of antitrust suits and the rise
of televisions. He weathered all the changes in the industry and
throughout a long and illustrious career as both an independent and
studio filmmaker, he managed to create a unique style that is admired
to this day. In honor of Siegelâs legacy, we will be screening Thys
Ockersenâs Don Siegel: The Last of the Independents (1980). Shot on
the set of Siegelâs penultimate film Rough Cut (1980), Ockersen gives
us not only a privileged glimpse of the artist at work, but also
Siegelâs reflections on his own life and career. Ockersenâs film is
not commercially available, so please join us for this cinematic rare
treat.