Introduction by film critic and author Jonathan Rosenbaum October 18
Orson Welles’ thrilling and cinematic adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel follows Josef K (Anthony Perkins), a meek bank clerk as he is accused of an unspecified crime. Forced to navigate an increasingly hostile bureaucracy as he seeks both answers and the opportunity to clear his name, Josef K’s reality crumbles around him. Shot in shadowy black-and-white, largely in an abandoned subway station in Paris, Welles’ adaptation of Kafka skillfully encapsulates the claustrophobia and culture of suspicion that is so central to its source text.