John Huston
Across a Hollywood career spanning over 5 decades, John HUSTON (1906-1987, USA) directed, wrote and starred in countless films, many of which are now considered classics. Born in a small town in Missouri, he studied fine arts and painting before moving into filmmaking in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Once he'd discovered his vocation, he earned 15 Oscar nominations, winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
Filmography
(selection) The Maltese Falcon (1941), Let There Be Light (1946, doc), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Unforgiven (1960), Fat City (1972), The MacKintosh Man (1973), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Escape to Victory (1981), Annie (1982), Prizzi's Honor (1985), The Dead (1987)
John Huston at IFFR
The Battle of San Pietro
USA
IFFR 1988
Beat The Devil
USA
IFFR 1988
The Dead
83'
USA
IFFR 1988
Fat City
100'
USA
IFFR 1988
Let There Be Light
USA
IFFR 1988
Roots of Heaven
USA
IFFR 1988
The Mackintosh Man
An almost forgotten, unloved John Huston Cold War espionage film – or anti-espionage film? – with Paul Newman as a British(!) secret agent who has to infiltrate a scary Communist club. Yet the often inimitable plot and atmospheric confusion are among the unmistakable, retiring charms of this film. Also starring James Mason and Dominique Sanda.
98'
USA
IFFR 2019