“Brook made me believe in a hybrid cinema, composed of all artistic languages.”
—Luiz Fernando Carvalho
—Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Peter Brook leans into the wintry bleakness and cruelty that suffuse Shakespeare’s great tragedy about an aged king, shot in 16mm black-and-white and mostly made in Denmark’s dune country. Paul Scofield plays the lead in an interpretation that positions Lear as kin to Beckett’s absurdist theater. Writing for The New York Times, Vincent Canby called Brook’s cinematic realization "an exalting Lear, full of exquisite terror."
“Brook made me believe in a hybrid cinema, composed of all artistic languages.”
—Luiz Fernando Carvalho
—Luiz Fernando Carvalho
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
137min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission: $17
Members: $12
Please note: A $2 handling fee per ticket will be added to your order.
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the Lepercq Cinema is provided by
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