Tonight concludes the exploration of the links between Klahr's animations and the traditions that he's working with and against with a night of hard-hitting noir of the triple bill of Klahr's The Two Minutes to Zero Trilogy, Tourneur's Out of the Past, and Boorman's Point Blank.

First, in the nuanced atmosphere of Out of the Past, former private eye Robert Mitchum gets lost in his memories and old double-dealing relationships when he tries to start up a new life. Time Out Film Guide calls this tale of narrative immersion, "one of the most bewildering and beautiful films ever made…once seen, never forgotten." Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas also star. (97 mins., 35mm)

Then Klahr's Two Minutes to Zero Trilogy presents three short films of decreasing length that tell three increasingly compressed versions of the same crime-filled Los Angeles noir story. The film's imagery comes entirely from issues of the 77 Sunset Strip comic book, and the music ranges from dreamy 1960s' psychedelic rock to hard-edged New York 1980s' no-wave instrumentals. (33 mins., 16mm)

We'll stay in unflinchingly sunny California for Point Blank, one of the defining films of the late 1960s. Lee Marvin is a left-for-dead gangster who has nothing on his mind except getting the money he is owed from the organization that double-crossed him. Marvin's stoic menace has never been sharper, or more out of place, in an increasingly depersonalized urban landscape. The film's jagged editing famously upends time and place. (92 mins., 35mm)

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Studio Visit with Filmmaker Lewis Klahr from Wexner Center on Vimeo.