dudes, I SO meant to post this at the beginning of the month....
AFI SILVER THEATRE is currently showcasing some of Stanley Kubrick's finest films from now until Thursday, March 1st. Rather than create some witty narrative, I'm reposting the review from Gary Arnold of the Washington Times, who describes this retrospective to perfection:
"No commercial filmmaker of the last 40 years has laid a stronger claim to "high art" than Stanley Kubrick. Think of the visionary psychological, psychedelic and spiritual experiment of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; the seductively evil iconography of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE SHINING; the meticulous period detail and study in candlelight of BARRY LYNDON. His earliest efforts were rooted in conventional genre cinema, but their originality and stylistic departures remain unique: THE KILLING,a ripping caper flick, paced by the clock and fractured in time; PATHS OF GLORY, an authoritative war narrative with anti-war eloquence; Kubrick's tack on the virtually unfilmable LOLITA, making it a demented screwball comedy (as long as Shelley Winters was in the picture); and DR. STRANGELOVE, the director twisting a pulp thriller into a post-modern prank of absurdism and pitch-black comedy. Words like "chilly" have been used to describe Kubrick, but just as often those attempting to describe his work have used "groundbreaking," "influential," "awe-inspiring" and "genius." His film legacy only grows with time. In retrospect, the best of his films remain as vital as ever with each viewing."
Films playing:
THE SHINING
SPARTACUS
THE KILLING
PATHS OF GLORY
DR. STRANGELOVE or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
LOLITA
2001: SPACE ODYSSEY
BARRY LYNDON
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
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