USA Film Fest - Made in U.S.A.

Never formally released in the United States, this 1966 mod-noir by legendary director Jean-Luc Godard carries a hard-boiled pedigree like no other. Originally intended as an adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s "The Big Sleep," it is essentially based on "The Jugger" – one of the Parker novels written by Richard Stark, the best-known pseudonym of the late Donald E. Westlake (who was honored at the 2007 USA Film Festival), as refashioned by Godard. One of Godard’s pivotal features, an homage to the works of Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller, the film is filled with irony and cartoonishly tangled intrigue, and was also the last he made with his wife Anna Karina, who stars as a young woman trapped in a Cold War conspiracy. Due to legal difficulties, Made in U.S.A. never received an official release in the States, but can now be seen in a new widescreen print from the original negative, with new subtitles. The USA Film Festival is proud to present the regional debut of this "lost" classic, a rare treat for fans of the French New Wave cinema, hard-boiled fiction, and movies in general. In French with English subtitles. 90 mins.

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