Simply in time for summer time’s blaze, San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Artwork Museum is kicking off its annual movie collection with a Sunday, June 16, screening of the seminal Western drama Large (1956).
The movie is aptly named, not simply due to its prolonged runtime of practically three-and-a-half hours however its substantial impression on filmmaking and American tradition. Amongst different business honors, Large received a 1957 Academy Award for Greatest Director for George Stevens, who additionally received Greatest Director for A Place within the Solar, and the film covers ever-relevant and hard-hitting themes together with multi-generational racism attributable to Texas’ break up from Mexico, the ensuing patriarchal lineage and the dire penalties of under-regulated companies.
Screening attendees will probably be entered to win a visit to remain within the Resort Paisano in Marfa, Texas, the place Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean stayed throughout Large’s filming. The winner additionally will obtain tickets to the Museum of Huge Bend in Alpine, Texas.
What’s extra, all attendees will obtain a free copy of the 1952 novel Large by Edna Ferber on which the film relies. The screening is included on the whole museum admission, together with complimentary beer, wine and film snacks. Free-$14, 1-4 p.m., Briscoe Western Artwork Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499, briscoemuseum.org.
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