Able Danger, a film directed by Paul Kirk, will be opening the Brooklyn International
Film Festival on Friday May 30th @ 8 pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum. A second showing will be on Friday June 6 @ 8 pm. The Brooklyn Lyceum is located at 227 Fourth Avenue at President Street just steps from the R train’s Union Street station.  

Charles Libin, who was director of photography on Able Danger, wanted to share his thoughts about the film, which was shot in Victorian Flatbush.

I fell in love with Paul Krik’s screenplay for Able Danger, as it evokes
and sends-up the feverish tone of post-war noirs from the 1950’s such as
Aldrich’s "Kiss Me Deadly", Kubrick’s "Killer’s Kiss", Fuller’s "Pickup
on South Street", Lewis’ "Big Combo", and Ray’s "In a Lonely Place".

Difference being that we are currently in a post-9/11 world with a
never-ending war we declared against "terror". The  anti-communist
hysteria of the 50’s exposed similar ugly behavior among our politicians
and citizens. When Americans are (mis)led by fear-mongers, we tolerate
very Un-American activities.

We have stood by like deer-in-the-headlights, allowing our government to set aside civil liberties and privatize our spy agencies. I felt simpatico with the
outraged indignation of Paul’s script. The Able Danger program did exist
and our government’s destruction of the mined data was ignored by the
9/11 Commission.  Paul’s story is not much less plausible as that which
our leaders have put forth… RE: Project for the New American Century.

Paul wanted to evoke the style of a classic noir, yet with an awareness
of the technological world in which we now live. Able Danger is in B&W,
with color seen only in several instances. We shot most of the film in
Victorian Flatbush, so I could ride my bike to the set.

Some of the shots I did one-handed while riding alongside Adam Nee who plays a
bike-riding, left leaning owner of the Vox Pop Coffee bar on Cortelyou
Road. Elina Löwensohn as the dreamy femme-fatale has a timeless beauty
of the great faces of noir. Able tackles serious subjects of our time without taking itself too seriously…