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SUMMARY:Si muero antes de despertar (If I Should Die Before I Wake)
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nFree admission. No advance 
 reservations. Ticketing is on a first come\, first served basis. Seats will 
 not be assigned.\n\nIntroduction by Eddie Muller\, founder and president of 
 the Film Noir Foundation.\n\nSi muero antes de despertar\n\n(If I Should 
 Die Before I Wake)\n\nYear: 1952\nCountry: Argentina\nLanguage: Spanish 
 with English subtitles.\nRuntime: 72 min.\nDigital. B&W.\n\nA complex 
 father-son relationship is at the center of this Argentine film noir 
 directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen. Originally meant to be included in a 
 noir trilogy with No abras nunca esa puerta (Never Open That Door\, 1952)\, 
 previously restored by UCLA\, the Grimm’s fairy-tale-like Si muero antes 
 de despertar was instead released as a stand-alone feature. In this 
 suspenseful adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich short story\, the 
 disappearance of several young girls\, presumed to be victims of a sexual 
 maniac\, has the local population on edge. Police inspector Santana (Floren 
 Delbene\, a popular leading man in Argentina through the 1950s) is stymied 
 by a lack of clues\, while his wife (Blanca del Prado) simply says\, 
 “Those monsters ... They should leave them to us mothers.” Unknown to 
 either parent\, their obstreperous son\, Lucho (Néstor Zavarce\, who for 
 an earlier Christensen film had earned the title of a “Child Prodigy of 
 Venezuelan Cinema”)\, has vowed to keep a secret that might be of vital 
 importance. Plagued by guilt\, Lucho suffers through a feverish nightmare\, 
 courtesy of production designer Gori Muñoz\, as surreal as the one 
 concocted by Salvador Dalí in Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945). The climax 
 of the film\, eerily lit by cinematographer Pablo Tabernero (a German 
 émigré)\, with aspects too strong for North American censors\, is nothing 
 short of terrifying and was likely responsible for many sleepless Argentine 
 nights.\n\nArchivist Fernando Martin Peña\, responsible for finding the 
 original complete version of Metropolis (1927)\, has championed Argentine 
 films for decades. In 1969\, a large fire destroyed most of the country’s 
 nitrate negatives\, and it is hoped that a cinematheque can be built to 
 house their remaining treasures. We have Peña\, our collaborators at the 
 Film Noir Foundation and Eddie Muller to thank for this restoration made 
 from scant surviving materials nearly lost to decomposition.—Miki 
 Shannon\n\nDCP. Production: San Miguel Studios. Distribution: San Miguel 
 Studios. Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen. Writer: Alejandro Casona. 
 Adapted from a short story by Cornell Woolrich. Cinematographer: Pablo 
 Tabernero. With: Néstor Zavarce\, Blanca del Prado\, Floren Delbene\, 
 Homero Cárpena.\n\nRestoration funding provided by the Film Noir 
 Foundation and Eddie Muller. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive 
 from a 35mm acetate composite print. Laboratory services by Roundabout 
 Entertainment\, Inc\, Audio Mechanics\, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks 
 to Argentina Sono Film\, Luis Scalella\; Malba Museo de Arte 
 Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires\; Fernando Martin Peña.
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/16741753
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