A week of Kubrick Movies || Teatro Santa Ana at La Biblioteca

A week of Kubrick Movies

Tue, Mar 19 to Fri, Mar 22

Teatro Santa Ana
Reloj 50-A

single show: $150
week pass $500
tickets at the box office

2001 A Space Odyssey
Tue, Mar 19, 4pm
2h 29min

A Clockwork Orange
Tue, Mar 19, 7pm
2h 16min

The Shining
Wed, March 20, 7pm
2h 26min

Full Metal Jacket
Thu, Mar 21, 7pm
1h 56min

Eyes Wide Shut
Friday March 22 7pm
2h 39min

By Prof. Ricardo Torres

Kubrick spent the next four years making 2001: a space odyssey(1968), a metaphysical science-fiction epic based on a haunting short story by arthur c. clarke, who worked with him on the screenplay. the film is divided into three parts, with only the middle section resembling a traditional narrative. in that section two astronauts on a spaceship bound for jupiter are forced to match wits with hal 9000, the ship’s all-seeing, conscious onboard computer, when it malfunctions. prehistoric apes are the focus of the first section, and the last section contains a sequence of wildly impressionistic images as the spaceship is sucked into a dimension in which time and space are disrupted. beyond its meditation on humanity’s relationship with machines and artificial intelligence, the themes and meaning of 2001: a space odyssey are elusive. kubrick himself said that he hoped that the film’s significance would transcend language and reason. few critics failed to note his stunning use of classical music, most notably richard strauss’s thus spoke zarathustra. kubrick’s powerful application of music to amplify atmosphere, character, and story was a signature of his filmmaking. the film also set a new standard for movie special effects and has been praised for the surprising number of futuristic technologies it depicted that have subsequently—at least in part—come into existence.

Kubrick’s next film was a clockwork orange (1971), which he adapted himself from the 1963 novel of the same name by anthony burgess, set in england’s not-too-distant future. kubrick’s rendering of this world was visually stunning, and he cast malcolm mcdowell as the violence-addicted teenage hoodlum who is caught and reprogrammed in horrifying fashion by the government. brutal and cynical, this deliberately provocative, nihilistic view of society and its discontented earned an x rating for excessive violence when it was released in the united states.
played a writer who becomes increasingly deranged and eventually turns upon his wife and young son while acting as the winter caretaker of an isolated hotel. the shining (1980) earned what had come to be the usual mixed critical reception for a kubrick film, with some reviewers arguing that it was among his finest work. ultimately, the film was a commercial success and over time came to be considered one of the great horror films of the 20th century. 100% of all proceeds from tickets sales donated to the library. single show: $150, week pass $500