WHEN: Friday 18:15-20:45
WHERE: Gulbenkian Cinema
To Live and Die in LA is a fast paced 1985 American action thriller. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go to arrest a counterfeiter. Director William Friedkin had established his reputation in the early 1970s with The French Connection and The Exorcist. Hailed on its release in 1985 as a return to form, and featuring a powerful score by Jack Hues, the reputation of Friedkin’s To Live and Die in LA has only grown with time.
After the film screening, we will be joined by the composer of the film score for To Live and Die in LA, Jack Hues. Hues, of British new wave band Wang Chang, was born in Kent. He will be in conversation with Murray Smith (Professor of film, University of Kent), discussing Hues’ work on the score, and his collaboration with William Friedkin.