The Sun Shines Bright
by John Ford
(USA 1953, 90 mins, in English, original version)
3 December 2012
Program accompanying the special exhibition "R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) Obsessions"
The Sun Shines Bright (filmstill)
© Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt
When
3 December 2012, 7.30 pm
Where
Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission
Admission free with seat ticket only (available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation
Tel: +49 (0)30 259 93 488
reservierung[at]jmberlin.de
Contact
Gesa Struve
Tel: +49 (0)30 259 93 517
Fax: +49 (0)30 259 93 330
g.struve[at]jmberlin.de
When Kitaj made a portrait of his favourite director, "John Ford on his Deathbed," he painted a still from The Sun Shines Bright on the wall above his bed. A remake of Ford's earlier film Judge Priest, the film follows the story of a judge struggling to reconcile racial tensions in turn of the century Kentucky and to win a race for re-election against his right-wing opponent. Though it never achieved much commercial success, John Ford often referred to The Sun Shines Bright as the best of his own films.
