Irish Film Institute -THE FILMS OF DAVID LEAN

THE FILMS OF DAVID LEAN

“There are few directors you’d say you have to see everything they do. I’d put Fellini, Bergman, and David Lean.” – Stanley Kubrick

Join us for an incredible 16-film retrospective of the work of David Lean this April & May at the Irish Film Institute.

PART ONE – APRIL

In Which We Serve (35mm) – Saturday, April 5th (15.30)
This Happy Breed (35mm) – Sunday, April 6th(16.00)
Blithe Spirit (35mm) – Wednesday, April 9th (18.20)
Brief Encounter (35mm) – Wednesday, April 16th (18.30)
Great Expectations (35mm) – Saturday, April 19th (15.45)
Oliver Twist (35mm) – Sunday, April 20th (15.45)
The Passionate Friends (35mm) – Tuesday, April 22nd (18.20)
Madeleine (35mm) – Wednesday, April 30th (18.20)

PART TWO – MAY

The Sound Barrier (35mm) – Saturday, May 3rd (15.45)
Hobson’s Choice (35mm) – Sunday, May 4th (16.00)
Summertime (35mm) – Wednesday, May 7th (18.20)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (35mm) – Saturday, May 10th (15.15)
Lawrence of Arabia (70mm) – Saturday, May 17th (16.10) & Monday, May 19th (18.30)
Doctor Zhivago (4K restoration) – Sunday, May 18th (16.30)
Ryan’s Daughter (70mm) – Saturday, May 24th (16.15)
A Passage to India (35mm) – Saturday, May 31st (15.15)

 

NOW BOOKING

Book now for cinema screenings online, in-person via IFI Box Office, or over the phone via 01 679 3477.

TICKET INFO:

3 Film Pass* – €30.00

5 Film Pass* – €50.00

8 Film Pass* – €80.00

*Season membership fee of €5.00 is applicable to all bundles for Non-Members. Tickets for 70mm screenings are not available through season passes, and must be bought separately. These passes can only be booked in person or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477.

 

THE FILMS OF DAVID LEAN

 

Few British filmmakers have created a body of work as respected and influential as that of Sir David Lean (1908 – 1991), with seven of his 16 films seeing him Oscar-nominated (twice winning) in the category of Best Director. Starting as teaboy at Gaumont Studios, Lean worked his way up to editor on numerous features, including a number of Powell and Pressburger titles, before taking to the director’s chair. Moving from chamber pieces such as Brief Encounter (1945) to some of cinema’s greatest epics, including Lawrence Of Arabia (1962), Lean proved remarkably adept at creating indelible imagery, and never lost sight of the intimate human relationships at each film’s core, whatever its scale. This month’s selection, projecting entirely from 35mm, offers audiences the chance not just to experience some rare screenings, but also to see the films as they were always intended to be seen, on the big screen, and on celluloid.

The second half of David Lean’s career, as explored in this month’s programme, saw great changes. Although the films in his middle period are perhaps not as feted in recent times as the Coward or Dickens adaptations with which he made his name, or the epics with which he became synonymous, they are ripe for rediscovery as the films that presaged his move to international filmmaking in the mid-1950s, and the beginning of a new phase. Even as Lean achieved a stature that afforded him the freedom to luxuriate in the extended running times of his epics (the downside of which was a vastly slower rate of output), he remained the consummate filmmaker who proved as adept with filming in the desert or jungle as he had been filming in English tearooms. All but one film will be presented on celluloid, as Lean himself intended his work to be seen.

Season notes by Kevin Coyne.

This season is supported by Expert Air.

 

 

 

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