Hillsborough Classic Film Society:  Fritz Lang’s “M” on Nov. 2

The Hillsborough Classic Film Society is a group that shows classic, foreign and independent films once a month, at 2 p.m. Most screenings are at the Passmore Center, 103 Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough, NC. The Passmore Center is next to the Orange County SportsPlex.

At each event, an expert speaker will set the background for the film. There is also free popcorn!

The events are free to attend. Advance registration is requested. Registration is at hillsboroughclassicfilms.com or by calling the Passmore Center at 919-245-2015. Please sign up by 3 p.m. on Friday for one of the Sunday events.

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This events take place at the Passmore Center, 103 Meadlowlands Drive, Hillsborough, North Carolina (exception noted below.)

Please find updates and film descriptions at hillsboroughclassicfilms.com.

It is generally recognized as one of the most important and influential films of all time, but it isn’t just of historical interest: today it gets top grades from critics and audiences alike. On the aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has a 100% positive rating among critics (with an average score of 9.3) and from 25,000 audience members it has a rating of 95%. On IMDb’s voter ranking of the 250 top-rated films, it comes in at # 107. In the most recent Sight and Sound critic’s poll of the greatest movies of all time, it was listed at #36.

If you are interested in classic cinema, you should not miss this one. One of the things for which “M” is best known is its innovative use of sound technology. The film was released in Germany in 1931, when the technology was relatively new. “The Jazz Singer” had been released in the United States in 1927; the first German sound film came out in 1929. Lang’s handling of sound (and of silence), including voiceover and leitmotif, revolutionized the use of the new technology, and that’s one of the reasons we are delighted to have Jeffrey Stern to lead the discussion of the film. Jeffrey has served as a sound editor for over 100 American films, including “Do the Right Thing,” “Goodfellas,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “The Original Kings of Comedy,” “Chicago,” “The School of Rock,” “The Hoax,” “Amelia,” and “Addiction Incorporated,” as well as the TV series “Boardwalk Empire.” He has been nominated for five Emmy awards and was dialogue editor on the team that won the Emmy in 2013 for Outstanding Sound Editing for the series “Boardwalk Empire.” This promises to be an enlightening discussion.

 

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