Bringing Up Baby
Making lists is an activity moviegoers are fond of. Every year, the same ritual: compilation of the ten best films, with comparative analyses, debates, heated discussions. But what about the ultimate list of the most outstanding films in the history of cinema? That is to say, those films that must be seen, those that have forever transformed the art of cinema, but also our way of seeing a culture, of understanding the world as well as our own lives? This program aims to tackle this challenge with nearly eighty films, produced between 1916 and 1960, while waiting for your lists!
To win the love of a shy zoology professor, a rich heiress employs the most outlandish means.
Howard Hawks
Born into a family of industrialists, Howard Hawks made his debut in Hollywood as a prop maker following a chance meeting with Victor Fleming during a car race. After a stint as an Air Force instructor during World War I, he returned to the movies as soon as he could. He worked as a screenwriter and transitioned to directing in the mid-1920s. He successfully made the transition from silent to talkies, directing detective films and aviation stories based on his own experience. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Hawks seized the typical genres of Hollywood cinema to sign some of the most representative masterpieces, including: the gangster film (Scarface), the screwball comedy (Bringing Up Baby), the film noir (The Big Sleep), the musical (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and the western (Rio Bravo).
