Two days. The man who wrote Dark Passage gets his night back.
He sold in the millions and died a name nobody could place. Dark Passage became a Bogart and Bacall picture; Shoot the Piano Player became Truffaut. The man himself went back to Philadelphia and drove his mother’s streets in the dark until his heart quit at forty-nine.
This Friday he gets a night that is actually his. The restored cut of Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis plays start to finish — regraded frame by frame, the pulp covers rescanned, the sound rebuilt from nothing so his words come through over the rain instead of drowning under it. That was the whole problem with the old version, and it is fixed.
Two days out. The film is already free on Vimeo if you want to walk in knowing the streets.
It premieres live on Zoom, Friday, August 21 at 7:30pm CT — co-hosted by Lou Boxer of NoirCon, closing with a live table read of Ed’s new noir UNDERBELLY.
Watch Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis — free on Vimeo
Four days. One dead writer. One live night.
Friday, August 21 is the night. The restored cut of Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis plays
The table read: UNDERBELLY, live
On Friday, August 21, the restored Goodis documentary plays — and then we keep going. Actors take
What “Restored” Actually Means
“Restored” gets used as a marketing word, so here is what it actually meant on this film.