For the "Images in an instant. Cinema and photography showcase", screening of Howard Franklin’s film "The public eye".

A showcase born for the occasion of the exhibitions dedicated to the winning projects from the OUT OF FOCUS call – first, ART OF DECAY by Andrea Meloni, and now ICONS by Vittoria Ghiotto, at the showcasing venue in the Library/Mediatheque until 6 April 2018 – with the Library/Mediatheque organising a series of monthly screenings dedicated to the relationship between cinema and photography, by exploring the continuous and fruitful symbiosis that such languages create, through well-and-less-known films. For the month of February, the film selected for the public is The public eye by Howard Franklin.

All screenings are admission free until full seating capacity is reached, subject to free membership registration to the Library/Mediatheque and presenting an identity document.

The public eye (Howard Franklin, USA, 1992, 99’, col.)

New York, the Forties. Leo Bernstein is a photographer specialised in crime reporting. Quite at ease amongst policemen and delinquents, the man has a detached and neutral attitude regarding the subjects which he portrays, who are mostly murdered persons: he considers himself a simple professional, whose dream is seeing his snapshots published in a book. Following the umpteenth rejection received by a publisher, Bernstein meets Kay Levitz, a wealthy widow who requires his help to gain possession of the club she inherited from her husband. Fascinated by the woman, the photographer will find himself involved despite himself in a circle fraught with violence, corruption and criminality, and will have to fight in order to survive.

With Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Richard Riehle, Stanley Tucci.