Atlantic City
Screening on Film
Directed by Louis Malle.
With Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli.
US/Canada/France, 1980, 35mm, color, 104 min.
English, French with English subtitles.
With Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli.
US/Canada/France, 1980, 35mm, color, 104 min.
English, French with English subtitles.
Malle had one of the more illustrious and varied careers in modern cinema: from his early work as a cinematographer shooting underwater films for Jacques Cousteau to a stint as assistant to the legendary French director Robert Bresson to his emergence in his own right as one of the founding figures of the French New Wave. Atlantic City was part of yet another extraordinary shift marked by Malle's move to the U.S. and his commitment to English-language production. Written by the noted playwright John Guare, the film focuses on a distinctly American tale with universal appeal, following the lives of two very different generations of people who attempt to live in the shadows of the gambling casinos of Atlantic City.
