Metro Cinema Society: Inspirations: Schnitzler - Ophüls

Inspirations: Schnitzler - Ophüls - Kubrick

Arthur Schnitzler was an expert in revealing double moral standards and hypocrisy. This Austrian Fin de Siècle writer (1862-1931) inspired many artists and musicians: filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick and Max Ophüls created unforgettable movies based upon his works. In cooperation with the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta, Metro Cinema screens two masterpieces of film history: La Ronde, and Eyes Wide Shut.

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Professor Bill Beard, from the University of Alberta Film Studies Department, will give a brief introduction before each film.

Poster design by Matt Whitson.

Inspirations: La Ronde

Director: Max Ophüls

France 1950, 97 min, Digital

Nov 21 (2012) @ 6:45pm

The carousel turns! In ten scenes of erotic encounters, lovers are passed repeatedly to the next partner, thus emphasizing the perishability of love and sexuality. German-French director Max Ophüls finally brought Schnitzler's forbidden drama to the screen half a century... view more

Inspirations: Eyes Wide Shut

Director: Stanley Kubrick

USA 1999, 159 min, Digital

Nov 28 (2012) @ 7pm

In his last film, Stanley Kubrick re-locates Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella _Dream Story_ to contemporary New York. After a Christmas party, Bill (Tom Cruise) and Alice (Nicole Kidman) get more and more deeply involved in disturbing experiences of dreams, sexuality... view more