10 · 24 · 23 Henry King’S TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH at the 21st FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High was presented at the 21st edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) as part of the Mexico Imaginario program, which offers a retrospective of the director's work. Imogen Sara Smith, Chlöe Roddick The presentation was made by Chlöe Roddick, the festival's programmer, who said that Mexico Imaginario is a selection of national and foreign films that share the particularity that they were filmed in Mexico. "This film has nothing to do with Mexico (...), Henry King filmed a lot in Mexico and also in Morelia," said Roddick. The FICM programmer then introduced writer Imogen Sara Smith, who gave an overview of King's films, with a special focus on Twelve O'Clock High. "This is a war movie, we can also say it's a Western, but it's not so much about the battle, there's not as much action in that sense, but it does have a lot to do with the psychological effects of violence," Smith explained. Henry King's, she said, "is a very clean directing style, with a quite subtle brilliance."
