This exquisitely detailed adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel about the exploits of an 18th century Irish adventurer is presented in a magnificent restoration by the BFI.
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The screening on Wed 10 Aug will be introduced by Kubrick expert Peter Kramer. The author of A Clockwork Orange (2011) and the BFI Classic volumes 2001: A Space Odyssey (2010) and Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (2013), he will also lead a post screening discussion.
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