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"I'm Ready for My Close-up": Favorite Movies and Their Times

Afternoon Lecture/Seminar

Monday, October 4, 2021 - 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. ET
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Audrey Hepburn

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Some moments in movies never leave us: the piercing eyes of a private eye, a raft hurtling down the rapids, that little black dress, the close-up of a fading movie star. In a 5-session film discussion series featuring film clips and stills, documentary filmmaker and writer Sara Lukinson revisits some of our favorite movies and characters, setting them against the backdrop of their times, the people who dreamed them up, and the America they reflected—or asked us to imagine.

Lukinson, a multiple Emmy Award winner, created more than 200 short biographical films for the Kennedy Center Honors. She teaches at NYU and the 92nd Street Y.

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Simply Irresistible: Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Charade

Two of the most charming, sophisticated romantic comedies ever made, the last golden sparkles of Hollywood. Audrey Hepburn’s winsome beauty, Cary Grant’s easy grace, Mancini’s music, great directors, smart, witty banter and enviable chic. Made by craftsmen into sheer delights of entertainment.

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