- Club 35
One Thursday per month, Palace offers a “cinema classic” to watch or rewatch on the big screen.
An “outstanding western”, according to Jean Tulard, directed by Otto Preminger in 1954.
It is the filmmaker’s only western, and at the same time a beautiful, nostalgic farewell to a genre in which he would surely have excelled.
Hired by 20th Century Fox, Preminger was required to shoot using the brand-new Cinemascope process, a revolutionary format whose screen—twice as wide as before—completely transformed over half a century of spatial composition in cinema.
Together with cinematographer Joseph LaShelle, he sought to master this new technique, which would soon become the definitive format for westerns.
The Palace invites you to (re)discover this historic moment in film history through a rare 35 mm print of River of No Return — a classic western with an unforgettable score, presented in its original format, in Cinemascope, and in the vibrant hues of Technicolor.
Jean-Pierre Verscheure, curator and specialist in the history of cinema techniques, along with Fabrice du Welz, Belgian director and screenwriter, will present this copy.
RIVER OF NO RETURN
Otto Preminger
US, 91′, 1954, VO EN ST FR/NL, 35MM
Synopsis : Matt Calder is a rugged widower with a questionable past who decides it’s time to start a new life with his young son, Mark. But their peaceful existence is sabotaged when Matt is robbed and pistol-whipped by cold-blooded gambler Harry Weston. Unexpectedly, Weston’s fiance, Kay postpones her wedding so she can nurse Matt back to health. In his pursuit to exact revenge at any cost, Matt takes Kay and Mark on a treacherous ride down a roaring river, where they’re at the mercy of wild animals and a lawless frontier.
Special rate for students: 5 euros
This rate is available at the Palace box office only. (not available online)