Dillinger Is Dead

Sat., Aug. 15, 7 p.m., $7, Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org.

by Gary M. Kramer

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Forget Johnny Depp — the best Dillinger in cinemas this summer is the revival of Marco Ferreri's dazzling 1969 drama, Dillinger Is Dead. Granted, the public enemy appears only in archival footage — in images that come to protagonist Glauco (the extraordinary Michel Piccoli) after he finds a gun wrapped in a newspaper account of Dillinger's death. Filled with long, fascinating dialogue-free stretches, hypnotic visuals and a most curious finale, this Dillinger overflows with groovy cool and deliciously inscrutable symbolism.