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Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Classics


Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Classics
Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Classics

Retrospective: Stanley Kubrick

One of the most distinctive filmmakers of the post-WWII era, Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) was celebrated—and criticized—for his exacting attention to virtually all aspects of his productions. Kubrick joined a commanding visual sense to a darkly comic worldview, instinctively defiant of authority yet sensitive to the values of art and literature. As we approach the decade mark since his death, this retrospective allows viewers to reacquaint themselves with his singular legacy.

Barry Lyndon

(Stanley Kubrick, 1975)

Thu, July 10, 2008  |  7:00PM
Film/Video Theater

Undoubtedly Kubrick’s most visually sumptuous films, Barry Lyndon is an adaptation of William Thackeray’s 19th-century satirical novel about an ambitious young Irish man’s misadventures as he works his way up through the British class system.

The elaborate care given to exact period detail, and the unparalleled quality of natural and artificial light, justify Kubrick’s reputation as a perfectionist. With Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, and Patrick Magee; narrated by Michael Hordern. (184 mins., 35mm)

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