Stanley Kubrick: L’Exposition

The Cinémathèque’s landmark exhibit for 2011 is devoted to Stanley Kubrick. Two floors of the wonderful Frank Gehry-designed building are filled with costumes, props, photos, scripts, correspondence, research documents and large scale models from the archives of the director of such films as Lolita, Doctor Strangelove, Barry Lyndon and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The exhibit also includes documentation on two films Kubrick left unfinished, one on Napoleon and the other, Aryan Papers, on concentration camps.

The first traveling exhibit the Cinémathèque has ever hosted, it was created by the Frankfurt’s Deutsches Filmmuseum in 2004 and has already been seen in Berlin, Zurich, Rome and Melbourne. An extensive program of lectures and panel discussions will be presented during the exhibit, along with a complete retrospective of Kubrick’s films. (For film schedule, visit the website.) And in honor of the 40th anniversary of its release, the Cinémathèque, in partnership with Warner Brothers, will present the world premiere of the restored version of A Clockwork Orange. The exhibit is a terrific reason to visit this gorgeous film museum on Paris’s southeastern edge.

March 23-July 31, 2011. Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, 12th. 01.71.19.33.33. Métro: Bercy. website

Hours: Mon, Wed-Fri noon-7 pm; Sat-Sun 10 am-8 pm. Closed Tuesday

Exhibit: €10; Exhibit + museum or exhibit + film:  €12; Films €6.50