The Dryden will screen Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, U.S. 1957, 88 min., 35mm) as part of the WWI series.

In perhaps the greatest of all antiwar films, Kirk Douglas plays Col. Dax, the benevolent leader of a platoon of WWI French soldiers who attempts to impede the actions of a maniacal general (George Macready) willing to sacrifice the lives of his men for the sake of praise and promotion. Kubrick's poetic compositions and rich character development add immeasurably to this study of men who maintain true honor and dignity amidst the futility of war.

[source: George Eastman Museum, 2017-Sep-25]