[Culture] The Lady From Shanghai

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Whenever Wednesday: The Lady from Shanghai   Wednesday, February 2 @ 7pm   International House 3701 Chestnut Street $6 General Admission $5 ICA and International House Members   Film serves as a key point of reference for Barry Le Va, who cites Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, and Orson Welles among those directors whose work he had looked at intensely over the years. Join us for a screening of The Lady from Shanghai (1948) a classic film noir exposà of the evils of greed and lust. Welles' oratory on sharks is as thrilling as the final shoot-out in a Hall of Mirrorsâan imagery that evokes Le Va's art. Introduction by Timothy Corrigan, Professor of English and Director of Cinema Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. This program is co-sponsored by International House and Penn Cinema Studies.