DIRTY HARRY and live film discussion: FOMO Cinema
Wednesday 29. July at 20:00 - 23:30
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
SPECIAL EVENT: DIRTY HARRY
With film curator and critic Ilya Parkhomenko
Screening followed by a live audience discuss
Don Siegel, 1971, USA, 1h42m, English audio and subtitles, with film discussion in English
When people think of Clint Eastwood, they often picture the same man: quiet, squinting, armed, and unwilling to play by the rules. DIRTY HARRY didn't create that image, but it may be the film that made it inseparable from him.
By 1971, Eastwood had already shaped this screen persona through Sergio Leone's westerns. Director Don Siegel brought that frontier figure into modern San Francisco and placed him inside a police department constrained by laws and procedures. The result is one of the defining American thrillers of the 1970s: lean, uncompromising and endlessly influential.
Harry Callahan is efficient, charismatic and unforgettable, but he's also deeply unsettling. He's a man convinced his own sense of justice should stand above the system. More than fifty years later, DIRTY HARRY remains provocative because it refuses to offer easy answers. Does it celebrate Harry's methods, or quietly expose how dangerous they are?
Following the screening, film curator and critic Ilya Parkhomenko will lead a live audience discussion exploring how DIRTY HARRY cemented Clint Eastwood's iconic screen character, the influence of the western on Harry Callahan, Don Siegel's masterful direction, and why the film continues to spark debate about policing, violence, masculinity and justice more than half a century after its release.
SCHEDULE
20:00 — Doors open
20:30 — Film begins
22:30 — Audience discussion and Q&A with Ilya
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!
LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMzMTA2Mjk0MDI5MjM1
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
