| PATHS OF GLORY |
| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25th - 7:30pm |
| Tickets: $10 general / $9 students or seniors |
Based on the novel by WWI veteran and writer Humphrey Cobb, Paths of Glory depicts the ruthless and inhuman reality lived by French soldier though the rule of their superior officers. Stanley Kubrick's directs a full bodied cast, ranging from the seminal Adolphe Menjou as General Broulard, to the explosive Timothy Carey as Private Ferol, and Kirk Douglas, the star of the film, who brings to fiery life the character of Colonel Dax, the one ray of hope for the doomed Poilus (french soldiers).
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| Paths of Glory (1957) |
| Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
| Film Trailer |
Review by Roger Ebert
"Paths of Glory" was the film by which Stanley Kubrick entered the ranks of great directors, never to leave them. When I interviewed Kirk Douglas in 1969, he recalled it as the summit of his acting career: "There's a picture that will always be good, years from now. I don't have to wait 50 years to know that; I know it now." It has an economy of expression that is almost brutal; it is one of the few narrative films in which you sense the anger in the telling. Samuel Fuller, who fought all the way through World War II, remembered it in "The Big Red One" with nostalgia for the camaraderie of his outfit. There is no nostalgia in "Paths of Glory." Only nightmare. Read the full review here...
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