Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Being Julia @ National Gallery of Art
by Svetlana 
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| February 23, 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm |
East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
Based on W. Somerset Maugham’s 1937 novel Theater, Being Julia explores the emotional and professional crises and triumphs of the celebrated British stage actress Julia Lambert. Nearing middle age, she falls for the charms of a young American, ignoring the consequences the torrid affair might have on her career and marriage. As she slowly discovers her lover’s true intentions, however, she plots revenge. Annette Bening’s tour de force performance as the aging Julia and cinematographer Lajos Koltai’s elegant rendition of 1930s London are electrifying. (István Szabó, 2004, 35mm, Hungarian with subtitles, 104 minutes)
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/istvan_szabo.shtm
