FILM FORUM CORONADO: "Moby Dick"

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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 6:00 p.m. 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.

March 20: Moby Dick (1956, G, 116 min)

Ray Bradbury collaborated with Huston on the script for this thundering and mystical take on Herman Melville’s  tale of one man’s dark, consuming passion to hunt down and kill a white whale for revenge. With Gregory Peck, Orson Welles, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn.