FILM FORUM CORONADO: “Mr. Arkadin”

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 pm in the library’s Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.

June 15: Mr. Arkadin (1955, 95 minutes)

One of cinema’s greatest mysteries. Orson Welles directed and stars in this baroque, globe-trotting meditation on truth and identity. Playing like a pulp-noir Citizen Kane, the film focuses on the daunting efforts of a hired American smuggler to reconstruct the murky past of financier Gregory Arkadin (Welles). Has the reclusive magnate something to hide? (Co-starring Michael Redgrave, Paola Mori and Katina Paxinou)