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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Still from the film "The Panic in Needle Park" (1971)
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Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

The Panic in Needle Park

THU NOV 3, 7:30 PM

Copresented by the Hammer Museum and the UCLA Film & Television Archive

Visit the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means before the film.  Galleries will be open until 7:30 p.m.

Another key screenwriting project of Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne was The Panic in Needle Park, a story based on James Mills’s novel about junkies in love. The pair researched the demimonde depicted by spending time in a hotel near New York’s Sherman Square (the eponymous “Needle Park”), and their script is animated by Jerry Schatzberg’s stylized compositions. The movie, a harrowing chronicle of addiction, also marked the debut of a young Al Pacino, who delivers one of his best performances.

(1971, dir. Jerry Schatzbergm, DCP, color, 110 min.)

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