Epic screenings
Larger-than-life films in restored prints come alive on the big screen: Apocalypse Now Redux by Francis Ford Coppola, Ben-Hur by William Wyler or 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick...
Ben-Hur by William Wyler (1959, 3:42, Part one: 2:22 – Part two: 1:20, intermission with open bar)
Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), the last descendant of a Jewish family, and Messala, now a commanding officer of the Roman Legions, see their friendship undermined by history... The Golden Age of Hollywood extravaganza, the apotheosis of the peplum.
Pathé Cordeliers Fri. 7:30pm | Charbonnières-les-Bains Sat. 7:30pm | Pathé Vaise Sun. 2:30pm
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, 1966, 2:59)
During the Civil War, three men (Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach) have only one thing in mind: to find the loot stolen from the Southerners. The last in the trilogy of the «dollars» series, an undeniable classic !
Pathé Cordeliers Mon. 4:45pm | Pathé Vaulx-en-Velin Tue. 8:30pm | Comœdia Sun. 7pm
Andreï Roublev by Andreï Tarkovski (Andrey Rublyov, 1966, 3:03)
The journey of the monk Andrei Rublev, an painter of icons in Russia from the 15th century. A major work of Tarkovsky, a meditation on the human condition and metaphysical reflection accompanied by flamboyant images.
Pathé Cordeliers Wed. 8pm | Comœdia Fri. 8:30pm | CNP Sat. 5pm
2001: A Space Odyssey de Stanley Kubrick (1968, 2:28)
Humans aboard a spacecraft en route to Jupiter, under the invasive eye of supercomputer HAL 9000... An unparalleled cinematic experience of metaphysical reflection, a breathtaking futuristic poem.
Pathé Bellecour Thu. 9pm | Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Fri. 8pm | UGC Cité Internationale Sun. 2:30pm
Apocalypse Now Redux by Francis Ford Coppola (1979-2001, 3:23)
With nearly 50 additional minutes, Apocalypse Now Redux is a different movie (the biggest change: the plantation home scene of French settlers, with Aurore Clément).
UGC Confluence Tue. 8pm | Pathé Cordeliers Sat. 8pm
