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X-WR-CALNAME:SUNDAYS AT THE U WITH MOVIES: "ONE FALSE MOVE" (1991)
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at 1 p.m. Sunday\, September 22 for a screening of "One
  False Move" (1991)\, the suspenseful thriller about the collision course 
 between a small-town sheriff and a group of dangerous killers.\n\n \n\nONE
  FALSE MOVIE | 1991 | DIRECTOR: Carl Franklin | WITH: Bill Paxton\, Billy 
 Bob Thornton\, Cynda Williams\, Michael Beach | RUNNING TIME: 1H 45M | RAT
 ED R for strong violence\, language and drug content | 4K DIGITAL PROJECTI
 ON\n\n \n\nA small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive
  secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and 
 Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their w
 ay from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) c
 aught in the middle.\n\n \n\nThe way these desperate lives converge become
 s a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Ca
 rl Franklin\, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’
 s most fraught divisions—urban and rural\, Black and white—while imbui
 ng noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \
 n\n"One False Move is many things. A stunning nineties neonoir. A tragedy.
  A movie that says more about race and class without being didactic than m
 any others that try hard to say something. A road picture. A lovers-on-the
 -run tale. A flawless encapsulation of the desperate energy and desperate 
 deeds that fuel real crime. It feels timeless. It’s a structural marvel.
  A study in tension and pacing.\n\n \n\n"Having moved from Brooklyn to Mis
 sissippi over a decade ago\, I feel like I understand the film in ways now
  that I couldn’t have previously. It’s a complex portrait of the South
 . The awful weight of history and tradition. Kindness often masking compli
 city. Buried secrets. The atmosphere misted over with sins of the past. At
 tempts to smile through pain and yearning. Cycles of poverty and grief and
  near escape. Dark humor.\n\n \n\n"More than thirty years later\, watching
  One False Move brings me back to being the kid I was when I first saw it:
  trying to understand the world\, seeking art that tells the truth\, and f
 inding something this urgent and poetic and haunting." -- William Boyle\n\
 n \n\nTickets are $5 and available at link above. Students use code UMSTUD
 ENT at checkout for free admission (Cane card will be checked at the door)
 .
GEO:25.722709;-80.276887
LOCATION:Bill Cosford Cinema\, Dooly Memorial 225
SUMMARY:SUNDAYS AT THE U WITH MOVIES: "ONE FALSE MOVE" (1991)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.miami.edu/event/sundays-at-the-u-with-movies-o
 ne-false-move-1991
CATEGORIES:Performance/Screening
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