Stanley Kubrick: A Retrospective

Opening at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the only US retrospective of one of the most celebrated American film directors of the 20^th century, Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), in a first collaboration between LACMA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

A walkthrough of Kubrick's creative methods and immersive visuals span from his early photographs in Look Magazine (1940-1945) to his last movie, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Each exhibit component encompasses props, projection screens with film segments, original promotional material, annotated scripts, set models, costumes, cameras and equipment, as well as never completed projects such as Napoleon and The Aryan Papers.

Each segment is thematically organized to display the broad genre and original fusion of form and content, illuminating the German Expressionism with American Realism experimentation Kubrick was known for.

First shown at Frankfurt's Deutsches Filmmuseum, the retrospective design evolved as it traveled to Berlin, Melbourne, Ghent, Zurich, Rome, Paris and Amsterdam while maintaining its focus on Kubrick's artistic and technical mastery as seen, among others, in the films Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.

Kubrick's retrospective, along with the recent Tim Burton's retrospective and Dali's Paintings and Film, manifest a growing interest in film as an art-form and have led to the creation of the new Academy of Motion Pictures Museum at LACMA’s West building campus. With Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali as designers, this 230,000 square feet state of the art film museum will include theaters, galleries, interactive movie-making stages, education centers and special event spaces.

The exhibit is organized by Deutsches filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Christiane Kubrick and the Stanley Kubrick Archive at University of the Arts London with the support of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Sony-Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc., Universal Studios Inc., and SK Film archives LLC.

Kubrick's retrospective runs from November 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) at the Art of the Americas Building, located at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. For more information call (323) 857-6000 or visit www.lacma.org

Cloud Atlas

Based on David Mitchell's best-selling novel, ambitious filmmakers Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski brought this visually immersive voyage to the big screen.

Engaging through its continued action, the feature encompasses at its core reoccurring powerful themes such as the quest for freedom, justice, good and the temptation of evil, as well as how actions affect our legacy in the past, present, and into the future.

While half a dozen interwoven stories and intriguing plots unfold, the characters, distinguished by their soul birthmark, switch genders and races as they move through time. Each of the all-star cast members plays multiple, diverse, and challenging roles. Included are Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Doona Bae, Hugo Weaving, James D'Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant.

Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer's beautiful score exalts the feature's emotions, while Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch's editing flows smoothly holding interest throughout the unfelt, nearly 3 hour running time.

Complementing the transcending styles are John Toll and Frank Griebe's cinematography and impressive special effects. Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud's costume designs, along with Jeremy Woodhead and Daniel Parker’s extraordinary prosthetic makeup and hair designs completely transforms the characters rendering them, between segments, virtually unrecognizable. Not until the final credits roll, are the impressive characterizations revealed, leaving the viewer with an element of surprise.