Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

This month's film is The Wages of Fear (1953), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

GENERAL RESOURCES

Turner Classic Movies page for ‘Wages of Fear’: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/94952/wages-of-fear#overview

Official 4K Restoration Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYDZ3vNa-MQ (1 min 40 sec)

Original Trailer (in French, with subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0OrSG5RWA  (2 min 41 sec)

REVIEWS

Vernon Young, Arts Digest (1955): https://archive.org/details/sim_arts-magazine_1955-03-15_29_12/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater

Jordan Brooks, Vague Visages (2016): https://vaguevisages.com/2016/04/19/dudleys-world-the-painstaking-anxiety-of-henri-georges-clouzots-the-wages-of-fear/

Brian Eggert, Deep Focus Review (2008): https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/the-wages-of-fear/

Budd Wilkins, Slant (2011): https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-wages-of-fear-5951/

 Roger Ebert (1992): https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wages-of-fear-1992

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR (Henri-Georges Clouzot)

“The complete Henri Georges Clouzot”: https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/the-complete-henri

James Travers, biography (2002): http://www.frenchfilms.org/biography/henri-georges-clouzot.html

Profile (with quotations about the director): https://theyshootpictures.com/clouzothg.htm

OTHER RESOURCES 

Dennis Lehane, Essay on ‘Wages of Fear’ for the Criterion Collection DVD release (2009): https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/392-the-wages-of-fear-no-exit

Josh Matthews, What makes this movie great? (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNSrBKzSJcE  (review and analysis) (~9½ mins)

MISCELLANEOUS

Some of the music composed by Georges Auric for the film (~2 mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlBywBxiUMc

 

All links current and active as of April 10, 2025