The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Le recueil Lumières vives (éditions Boréal, automne 2022) contient de nombreux textes publiés dans le journal de Saint-Hyacinthe Le clairon, à un moment où René Lévesque était journaliste et aussi critique de cinéma. Ces articles passionnants ont passé l'épreuve du temps et permettent de découvrir un auteur clairvoyant, n'hésitant pas à en découdre s'il le faut et à porter aux nues, comme il se doit. La programmation permet de redécouvrir les films de 1948 qui ont marqué ce spectateur hors du commun.
Introduced by Robert Lévesque
Two idle and broke Americans meet in Tampico, Mexico. They also meet an old prospector and decide to follow him in his quest for gold, deep in the Sierra Madre. After many difficulties, they manage to find a seam of gold. But that's when the real trouble begins.
John Huston
Born in 1906 in Missouri, John Huston was the only son of journalist Rhea Gore and Canadian-born actor Walter Huston. He quickly dropped out of school to pursue a career as a boxer, before trying his hand at acting following his father's footsteps. Over the following years, he spent extended periods of time in Mexico and Europe while starting to write. Upon his arrival in Hollywood, he penned screenplays for William Wyler, Raoul Walsh and Howard Hawks, among others, before transitioning to directing films in 1941 with The Maltese Falcon, which was an immediate success. During World War II, he shot documentaries while serving in the military. The major works he directed after the war allowed him to establish himself as a leading director, while also pursuing an acting career. Until the 1980s, he built a diverse and unpredictable body of work, mirroring his passionate life, divided between cinema, painting, horses, the United States, Ireland and Mexico.
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René Lévesque
