Oct 22

International Film Forum: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Mon, October 22, 2018 • 7:00pm - 11:00pm (4h) • Weitz Cinema

Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962, UK, 227 min.) – introduced by Carol Donelan

“Grand in every sense, David Lean's film is an example of an established director full of confidence and ambition. Nearly four hours long, several years in the making, and complete with an interval and its own overture, Lawrence of Arabia aims for greatness and achieves it.

An illuminating, intelligent script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, based in part on Lawrence’s wartime recollections, reveals the soldier as a tormented, sado-masochist with repressed homosexual urges who perceives himself as a warrior-king. Peter O’Toole, then the new boy among international stars (including Alec Guinness as a shrewd Prince Feisal and Jack Hawkins as the calculating General Allenby) gives his best ever performance as the enigmatic Lawrence. That other star of the film - the desert - is so magnificently captured in all its endless immensity that you'll find sand between your toes when you take your socks off.” (Martyn Glanville, BBC)

 

 

Event Contact: Farrah Pribyl

Event Summary

International Film Forum: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
  • Intended For: General Public, Students, Faculty, Staff

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