"One of the best films screening at this year's festival is also one that was seriously underrated and misunderstood by both the critics and the public when it first appeared in 1957. 'Saint Joan' was producer-director Otto Preminger's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1923 play about the life of Joan of Arc, a play the extremely well-read Preminger considered to be 'the greatest masterpiece ever written for the theater.'"
"'Saint Joan' had long been an object of fascination and desire for Preminger, who was in a position to acquire it after finding success as an independent filmmaker with movies like 'The Moon is Blue' and 'The Man With the Golden Arm' in the years following his era at Fox as a sturdy contract director."
The Wexford Center in Columbus, Ohio hosts its 12th annual Cinema Revival Film Festival celebrating film restoration and preservation. The festival features restored classics from around the world, including New Hollywood films like 'Five Easy Pieces' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' silent films such as 'Queen Kelly,' and international documentaries. Special programming includes animation treasures, a rare 3D screening of 'Money From Home,' and Mamoru Oshii's live-action directorial debut 'The Red Spectacles.' Otto Preminger's 1957 'Saint Joan,' an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about Joan of Arc, stands out as a significant but historically underrated film. Preminger hired screenwriter Graham Greene to adapt the play, which Preminger regarded as the greatest theatrical masterpiece ever written.
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