UW Cinematheque | The Small Back Room (1949)

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Vilas Hall, Rm. 4070
@ 7:00 pm - 8:46 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2024/summer/all-screenings-june-19-july-26#3614

The Small Back Room

This suspenseful character study, an influence on The Hurt Locker, tells of a neurotic and alcoholic munitions expert (David Farrar) during World War II. The climax of the story, a long tense scene of bomb disposal, is a virtuoso suspense sequence that is one of the most memorable in the filmography of Powell & Pressburger (The Red ShoesBlack Narcissus). The Small Back Room, which will be screened in a new 4K restoration, also offers a uniquely atmospheric evocation of the British wartime home front.