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What is it about the dramatic glow of color against the dark night sky that makes neon so alluring? Perhaps it’s neon’s very contrast from the surrounding darkness. Each of the six films in our series offer vibrant, breathtaking neon aesthetics, which while dazzling the eye, also emphasize their surrounding darkness as the audience is led into somber and sinister territories.
Frida writing team member Justina Bonilla talks with See It On 16mm’s Michael Aguirre in anticipation of their secret Wes Craven screening.
Frida writing team member Anthony McKelroy takes a look at Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s Party Girl.
Frida writing team member examines the controversial production and politics behind Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront.
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